Rhino horns stolen
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SOUTH Africa plans to store its stockpile of seized rhino horn at a heavily secured central location after thieves stole millions-of-dollars worth of horns from a provincial government safe.
The Environmental Affairs ministry said on Tuesday it would press ahead with a decision to shift the horns, after thieves broke into the north-eastern Mpumalanga province tourism agency offices and made off with 80 kilograms.
The haul is worth as much as US$5.2 million at current black market prices of around US$65,000 a kilo. The theft had at first been believed to be worth almost three times that.
A total of 112 horns were stolen in the heist. It is the largest theft of the prized horns from a public institution, according to police’s specialised crime unit, the Hawks.
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