The Chinese man who smuggled 18 rhino horns through Hosea Kutako International Airport and was arrested in South Africa has been sentenced to a fine of R1.2 million or six years in prison. He paid the fine and will not spend any time in prison. Ye Zhiwei appeared before the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court last Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to smuggling the rhino horns from Namibia into South Africa. Ye was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport on 23 November 2016. He was travelling in transit from Namibia on board a South African Airways flight to Hong Kong when the South African Hawks received an anonymous tip-off and discovered 18 rhino horns hidden in his luggage. The rhino horns were tightly wrapped in industrial cling wrap. The horns weighed 43 kilogrammes and were valued at around N$6.6 million.