Hippopotamus seen in the Mogol River.
Photo: Limpopo police
LIMPOPO – Police in Lephalale, in conjunction with other role players are still continuing with a search operation which began on Monday morning, 5 March, following a drowning incident.
According to police spokesperson, Lt Col Moatshe Ngoepe, at around 17:00 on Sunday afternoon, 4 March, a 41-year-old man and his brother were crossing the Mogol River, outside Lephalale, when he drowned.
“In response to this incident, the Police’s Search and Rescue Unit began with the search operation but it was aborted due to a massive population of crocodiles and hippopotamus in the Mogol river,” he said.
The joint search operation will continue as soon as it is safe to do so and investigations continue too.
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