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Officers look for ballot boxes which can still be used, at a warehouse hit by flood and mudslides, in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Some 192 million Indonesians are set to cast their ballots tomorrow in the world’s third-biggest democracy, with a record 245,000 candidates vying for positions from the presidency and parliamentary seats all the way down to local council jobs.
JOHANNESBURG: South African police said on Sunday they had found 167 rhino horns believed to be destined for Asia and nabbed two suspects in a sting operation in the North West province.
The two were arrested on Saturday following a tip off that there was a car transporting rhino horns.
It is one of the biggest hauls of rhino horns in the country, according to an elite police unit that investigates specialised types of crime known as the Hawks.
“We arrested them on Saturday in the Hartbeespoort dam area. They were driving in a vehicle and they were intercepted,” Hawks spokesman brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi told AFP.
“It was an intelligence- driven operation that led to the arrest of the two.
“They were found in possession of those 167 rhino horns,” he said, adding “it is one of biggest (hauls)”.