South African Police (SAPS) announced Friday that a 34-year-old Mozambican has been sentenced to 18 years in South Africa for poaching in Kruger National Park.
The Skukuza Regional Court in the South African province of Mpumalanga, which borders Mozambique, tried and sentenced 34-year-old Santos Baloyi, who pleaded guilty to poaching, illegal possession of rhino horns, trespassing property, violating the Immigration Act, illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, says in a statement from the South African police.
The note indicated that the court’s verdict was announced on Thursday, February 2.
According to a statement that Lusa had access to, Baloyi “illegally entered South Africa” by being arrested on September 10, 2022 in Kruger Park along with two other accomplices who managed to escape after a shootout with Yuzhny. African authorities. Baloyi was wounded in the leg, the GAP stressed.
“The search continued the next day, they were joined by other police units with search dogs. The lifeless body of another alleged poacher was found in the bushes next to a silenced hunting rifle. The third possible poacher was not found. “, – explained in the South African police.
The Kruger National Park is one of the largest nature and wildlife reserves in Africa and is home to the largest population of rhinos in South Africa, the country with the largest population of this species in the world.
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