A 49-year-old foreign national was arrested at Cape Town International Airport on Friday, for being in possession of two boxes of endangered succulent plants.
In a joint operation between SAPS Malmesbury, Kuilsrivier
Stock Theft and Endangered Species Units, Cape Nature, Crime Intelligence and Department
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the police’s Fc van wyk said officers received
information of a foreign national that will export succulents from Cape Town.
‘’Subsequent to his arrest the suspect took the members to
a premises in Kenilworth where they confiscated additional succulent plants
aged between 50 and 100 years old.’’
The suspect is due to appear in the Bellville Magistrates
court on Tuesday, on charges of illegal possession of flora without
documentation.
Done By: Mitchum George
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