A man (34) apparently looking for a buyer for two rhino horns worth R1.7-million was arrested on the R21 underneath the Griffiths Road off-ramp bridge on Monday.
The arrest was made by the Benoni Flying Squad and the Ekurhuleni Central Cluster task team.
The suspect will face a charge of possession of rhino horns in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court, said WO Grant Giblin, spokesperson for Benoni Flying Squad.
He said it all started around noon when WO Renier Dorfling and WO Francois Jansen and the task team followed up on a suspect who was reported to be in possession of rhino horns, looking for a buyer.
The suspect, driving a grey Toyota bakkie, was followed after being picked up in Benoni next to One Sun Hotel just before 3pm. He was followed to the N12 highway.
Giblin said backup was called and the task team arrived. On the R21 north, underneath the Griffiths Road off-ramp bridge, a thorough search was conducted and two horns, weighing more than 2kg, were discovered.
It has not yet been established where the suspect got the rhino horns.
