The 46-year-old suspect spent the Christmas long weekend in custody and is expected to make his first appearance on Tuesday for contravening the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act.
A 46-year old man has been arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Thursday in connection with the smuggling of six rhino horns destined to have left the country for China.
Hawks officials and members of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment were summoned on Thursday when a security officer operating scanners at the airport flagged a suspicious parcel.