Cops arrest 4 suspects found in possession of 2 endangered Temminck’s pangolins

Four suspects were arrested on Thursday, September 15.

September 16, 2022

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A police officer holding one of the two ground pangolins, also known as Temminck's pangolin.

Four suspects were arrested on Thursday, September 15, in Bronkhorstsprit, possessing two endangered Temminck’s pangolins.

The intelligence operation was carried out by members of the SAPS Bronkhorstspruit, Cullinan stock theft and endangered species unit, Benoni K9 and Professor Ray Jansen, a local resident of Rayton.

The ground pangolins, are also known as Temminck’s pangolins.

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September 16, 2022

Ridge Times Less than a minute

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