Beitbridge police revealed that poachers recently abandoned an AK-47 assault rifle traced back to the Zimbabwe National Army. The police report that poachers were cornered in a section of the vast Bubye Valley Conservancy in Beitbridge.
Speaking to the NewsDay, the police sources said:
Game scouts had been following tracks until they caught up with two poachers who dumped an AK-47 rifle and a bag of clothes. The serial number of the gun has been traced to the Zimbabwe National Army.
Recently, another firearm traced back to the Bulawayo police armoury was recovered after a shoot-out with poachers in the same conservancy.
The Bubye Valley Conservancy, which links the Matabeleland South, Midlands and Masvingo provinces has been infested by poachers hunting for black rhinos.
It is alleged that some workers at the conservancy are involved in the poaching which has resulted in minimum arrests.
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