Maputo, Oct 16 (IANS) Police in the southeast African nation of Mozambique have arrested two suspected poachers with 11 kg of rhino horns, Radio Mozambique reported Tuesday.
The rhinos were slaughtered in the Limpopo National Park, while the suspects were arrested in the southern province of Gaza, Xinhua said.
Police said the suspects were transporting the horns in a vehicle when they were arrested.
Forest authorities said at least 10 elephants and 10 rhinos are slaughtered every month in the Limpopo park, an area covered by the districts of Massingir, Chicualacuala, Mabalane and also part of the South African province of Limpopo.
Police said a number of poachers have been killed by forest guards. Many poachers also kill each other in disputes over ivory and rhino horns.
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