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Four women who were arrested for allegedly being in possession of 3 lion cubs which they were reportedly selling, are expected to apply for bail in the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court, east of Johannesburg next Tuesday.

[File Image]: Lion cubs lying in Kenya's Masai Mara Safari

The suspects, Jorain Hill , Megan du Plessis , Yanndri Bekker and Lauren Bartholomew were arrested following a tip-off earlier this week. The Hawks Serious Organised Crime investigation executed a search and seizure operation in Boksburg North, where they found the three lion cubs estimated to be around 5 weeks old.The group was charged with illegal dealing, possession and transportation of endangered species. This is a contravention of the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act.

They appeared in the Boksburg Magistartes’ Court and the case has been postponed to Tuesday, 06 December 2022 for a bail application.

 

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Three lions? Must be english colonialist supporters. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The nationality is never revealed when it is whites but if it was an African or Africans the heading would have been different ~Media houses are deeply biased against people of African descent

Those animals are created by God, why arrest women when they are in possession of God's nature?

There are white people l can say

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