EASTERN CAPE | ANTI-POACHING UNIT NAB ESCAPED PRISONER SEEN JUMPING OVER PRIVATE GAME RESERVE FENCE NEAR MAKHANDA

The SAPS Anti-Poaching Unit re-arrested one of seven inmates, who escaped from the Makhanda Correctional Facility in October 2022. 

It is alleged that on Monday, 10 April 2023 at about 02:00, three suspicious people were seen jumping over a fence of a private game reserve near Makhanda.  

Reaction was immediate and the anti-poaching unit was activated which resulted in the arrest of one of the three suspects. 

The other two managed to flee.  

The suspect was found in possession of hunting implements, and was detained for contravening the National Environmental Management and Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004 Sec 57 (attempted hunting of a threatened or protected species without a permit).

Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect was one of the seven inmates, who escaped from the Makhanda Correctional Service facility in October last year.  

The 34-year-old suspect is due to appear in the Makhanda Magistrates' court tomorrow on charges of contravention of the National Environmental Management and Biodiversity Act.