South African police say they have arrested a Hong Kong-bound Chinese man with 18 rhino horns hidden in his luggage, the AFP news agency reports.
He was detained on Wednesday at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport after an anonymous tip-off, a statement today said:
The 28-year-old male, who was in transit from Namibia to board a South African Airways flight to Hong Kong, was immediately arrested."
The horns, weighing 43kg (95lb), were valued at around $467,000 (£375,000), AFP reports.
The man is due to appear in court on Friday.
The poaching of rhinos in Africa has been driven by demand for their horns in some Asian countries for their purported medicinal properties.
source-www.bbc.com
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