The Hawks have arrested a second suspect allegedly linked to the stockpile hit at the North West Parks Board headquarters in Mafikeng last week. According to a Daily Maverick source, the suspect was apprehended in a planned operation near Brits at about 9pm on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning the arrest was confirmed by a senior SAPS officer who did not want to be identified. He told Daily Maverick: "Full details will be released as soon as the report is received from the investigating officer." According to a source close to the investigation, a specialised team comprising investigators from the Hawks Tactical Operations Management Section (TOMS), Crime Intelligence, SAPS Tactical Intervention Units, as well as private security companies, has been working round the clock to crack the case. "They are exploring all possible leads, and last night the team was able to positively identify their target and execute a planned, tactical operation. The suspect has been positively identified as one of the suspects involved in the break-in and theft of horns," said the source, who asked not to be named. Fifty-one rhino horns were reported stolen from the agency's security vault in the early hours of Monday, 26 June, after burglars broke into the main vault at the security-patrolled offices between 1.30am and 2.15am.