South African police nab Chinese man with 18 rhino horns


JOHANNESBURG: South African police Thursday said they had arrested a Hong Kong-bound Chinese man found with 18 rhino horns hidden in his luggage.

He was detained on Wednesday at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport after an anonymous tip-off.

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