Police arrested in Mozambique for cashing in on poaching
Source: AP
By EMMANUEL CAMILLO
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Authorities in Mozambique arrested five police officers for colluding with a poacher in the illegal sale of a rhino horn, the state news agency reported Thursday.
Rhino poaching is on the rise across southern Africa because the horn is much sought after for Asian traditional medicine. In South Africa alone, 1,200 rhinos were poached last year.
Police came across the poacher at the Limpopo National Park, in the southern province of Gaza carrying the horn but instead of arresting him, they helped him sell it and pocketed half of the $24,500 he obtained.
With most of Mozambique's rhinos extinct, police believe he poached the animal across the border in South Africa where 90 percent of the world's rhinos reside.
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