Four suspected poachers, who tried to kill rangers at the Kruger National Park, on Saturday, are expected to appear at the Makuya Periodical Court on Thursday.
They were arrested by an intelligence-driven operation by the police in the Vhembe District, made up of the Saselamani Detectives Unit, Vhembe District Tracing Team and Musina Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC), who went searching nearby villages, after the shoot out incident.
The incident was between the suspects and the rangers at the Xipala Section, on Saturday.
Three male suspects aged between 21 and 30, believed to be linked to the Kruger crime, were arrested and charged for attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm, illegal hunting and poaching of game.
A 36-year-old Zimbabwean female suspect was also arrested because she was found in possession of suspected game meat believed to be that of a buffalo, valued at R2,000.
She was also slapped with another charge for the contravention of the Immigration Act.
Police also seized an unlicensed hunting rifle suspected to have been used in the crimes.
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