Gauteng man caught with 22 rhino horns 'was headed for Vietnam'

The department of environmental affairs disclosed on Friday that the 38-year-old man is from Gauteng and that he had planned to travel to Vietnam via the United Arab Emirates.

Police said earlier this week that he had been arrested by the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit as part on an ongoing investigation into rhino horn smuggling.investigation is part of the integrated strategic management of rhinoceros in South Africa.

It has been legal to buy and sell rhino horn in South Africa since 2017, when the Private Rhino Owners' Association won a court case against the department of environmental affairs' trading ban on a legal technicality. But there is a global ban on trading rhino horn, so it still cannot be sold to markets where there is demand, such as Vietnam and China.

* Members of the public wishing to report rhino poaching and environmental crimes can contact the department's hotline on 0800 205 005 or call 10111.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

Seriously South Africa! Love my country but this is so wrong! 😡 GovernmentZA

Typical. 3rd world problems GovernmentZA

environmentza An appeal should be sought on this hogwash technicality.Rhinos' are endangered species, no commercial or any form of trade must be allowed! savetherhino Rhinos protectrhinos

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