Cliff the Reporter🇿🇦BREAKING: Former owner of the world's largest rhino conservation farm John Hume has been granted R100K bail after being arrested for allegedly running an international rhino horn trafficking syndicate that moves rhino horns from South Africa targeting markets in Asia.
He (83) was arrested by the Hawks together with five others in Sunnyside.
(20K bail)
Hermanus Du Toit (50)
Mattheus Poggenpoel (37)
Johannes Hennop (52)
(R10K bail)
Clive Melville (63)
Elizabeth Van Niekerk (58)
Hawks has been investigating the syndicate since 2017.
They allegedly obtained permits to trade #rhinohorn locally, while intending to traffic the horns.
The fraudulent scheme is estimated to involve 964 rhino horns valued at R250 million, the NPA said #SouthAfrica #Wildlife #RhinoPoaching
Postponed to 09 DEC #JohnHume
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