Title:

Cop, soldier arrested with rhino horns

Author(s):
Publication Year:
2021
Abstract:

The environment ministry has condemned the involvement of law enforcement officers in wildlife crimes after a police officer and a member of the Namibian Defence Force were arrested for the possession of rhino horns last week. Four rhinos and one elephant have been poached this year to date. The four rhinos are all white rhinos poached on private farms while the elephant was poached in a conservancy in the Otjozondjupa Region, says Romeo Muyunda, spokesperson of the environment ministry

Series Title:
Namibian Sun
Type:
Newspaper
Item Type:
Report
Language:
en

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