South Africa
Man arrested for carrying baby tortoises─── 08:30 Sun, 29 Dec 2019
Photo: SAPS
A hitch hiker was arrested in Kuruman in the Northern Cape on Friday for carrying baby tortoises.
The police's Brigadier Mohale Ramatseba said the suspect, in his 50s, was stopped by police while walking on the N14 in Kuruman.
It's understood he was hitch hiking to Lesotho.
Officers searched him and found 9 baby tortoises, lizard skin and springbok horns.
He'll appear in court on Monday on a charge of possessing endangered species.
