{"id":47515,"date":"2023-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/?guid=2c0190a08963d7b758aaf471b98ef48c"},"modified":"2023-02-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T00:00:00","slug":"police-arrest-suspect-for-possession-of-pangolin-during-crime-intelligence-driven-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timessouthafrica.com\/police-arrest-suspect-for-possession-of-pangolin-during-crime-intelligence-driven-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest suspect for possession of pangolin during crime intelligence driven operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>POTCHEFSTROOM &#8211; A Crime intelligence driven operation by the Vryburg K9 Unit, culminated in the arrest of a middle aged Lesotho national on Friday morning, 10 February 2023, for possession of endangered species.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was arrested after intelligence gathered about possession of endangered species in Tlakgameng village near Ganyesa outside Vryburg was operationalised. During the operation, a search was conducted in a house at Tlakgameng leading to the discovery of two pangolins, two dead rock pythons and two dead monkeys.  As a result, the suspect was arrested after failing to give reasonable explanation for the possession.  He is expected to appear in the Ganyesa Magistrates&#8217; Court on Monday, 13 February 2023, for contravention of Section 57(1) of the National Environmental Management Bio-Diversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POTCHEFSTROOM &#8211; A Crime intelligence driven operation by the Vryburg K9 Unit, culminated in the arrest of a middle aged Lesotho national on Friday morning, 10 February 2023, for possession of endangered species.The suspect was arrested after intelligen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest suspect for possession of pangolin during crime intelligence driven operation - 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