After a four-month operation, the owner of a traditional medicine store in Cape Town has been arrested after police confiscated various illegal fauna and flora. The store owner is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court soon. The Western Cape police spokesperson, Captain Frederick van Wyk said in order to address the illegal and ongoing stripping of bark from protected tree species in Table Mountain National Park, Environmental Crime Investigation (ECI) Cape Town identified a shop in Cape Town which purchased bark and other items from illegal suppliers for muti purposes. A clandestine operation involving Sanpark Environmental Crime Investigation (ECI) Cape Town, SAPS's Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit from Kuilsrivier and Cape Nature Officials, was conducted on the identified shop on December 4, 2023.