Capturing crocs not crooks
EKZN Wildlife Officer-in-Charge - Frans Mthembu gets ready to
capture the small crocodile with the help of EKZNW officers Mandla
Mbonambi and Philele Gcamu and Manager: Bhejane Security - Visvanathan
Moodley
Tanya Waterworth
WHILE chasing down the bad guys, officers from Bhejane Security ended
up capturing a crocodile.
The drama started on Monday evening when
Manager - Visvanathan Moodley was called out when one of his patrol
officers spotted four men near large machinery in the Park Rubble Site,
deep into Alton.
‘The suspects had stolen diesel from one of the
graders and we were on our way to the site, when we parked our bakkies
and proceeded on foot,’ said Moodley.
Suddenly there was a loud
rustling on the roadside and a small, injured crocodile appeared.
‘We
got such a shock as one of my men could easily have been bitten on the
leg.
‘Fortunately we have strong torches and I think the crocodile
may have been injured as he was quite aggressive,’ said Moodley.
The
officers picked up the reptile and after searching for the fleeing
suspects, they returned to their Richards Bay offices.
The following
morning, EKZN Wildlife were called and collected the crocodile, which
was later released into Mzingazi Lake.
