JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's special police investigative unit on Friday arrested two Thai nationals suspected of having links to a rhino poaching syndicate in a crackdown on criminal gangs smuggling rhino horns to Asia, the Business Day reported.
The two men were arrested after their flight had landed from Thailand, the paper said. One of the men is said to already have a criminal record in South Africa for smuggling animal products such as lion bones. McIntosh Polela, spokesman for the special police unit, was not immediately available for comment.