Court Hands Down Eight Years Imprisonment to Protected Plant Poacher
11 April 2025
Court Hands Down Eight Years Imprisonment to Protected Plant Poacher
Springbok, Northern Cape –Hanro Owies (24) has been sentenced to eight years of direct imprisonment by the Springbok Regional Court and after the court found him guilty of illegally transporting and trading protected plant species. The conviction relates to contraventions of the Northern Cape Nature Conservation Act 9 of 2009.