Gauteng cop, accomplice out on bail for poaching on Limpopo farm
The police sergeant and his co-accused were arrested over the weekend while two other suspects are still at large.
LIMPOPO – The two men who were arrested for poaching following an incident on a farm in Botlokwa outside Tzaneen over the weekend, appeared before the Morebeng Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
The two, one of which is a police sergeant attached to the Tshwane Metro Police, were part of a group of four men who were involved in the poaching incident. “It was reported that they entered the farm by cutting a fence. They then shot an ostrich, loaded it into their vehicle and left the scene,” said Police Spokesperson, Brig Motlafela Mojapelo.
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During the arrest the police confiscated the ostrich carcass, two hunting rifles and the vehicle which was reportedly used during this incident.
The sergeant and his co-accused were released on R2 000 bail each and their case was postponed to 7 September.
Mojapelo added that the other two suspects who evaded arrest, are still at large and that police investigations continue.
