Two people have been arrested at Johannesburg’s Faraday muthi market. Police spokesperson Kay Makhubela says police and environmental officials raided the market looking for the skins of endangered animals.
“We have managed two arrests, they will be charged with possesion of endagered species without a permit. We found all the skins, which shows the animals have already been killed. We hope now that these arrests will get people to learn you cannot kill endaged animals to come here to sell.
Anything can be found at the market, from dead carcasses to animal skins
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Source: eNCA
