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Police made a major breakthrough with the arrest at the weekend of seven suspected rhino poachers, including the two convicted poachers who were part of a shocking prison breakout seven months ago.
Two fugitives who escaped from the Waainek Correctional Centre in Makhanda were rearrested on Sunday during an intelligence driven police operation at the weekend.
The third of the seven prisoners who escaped in October last year from the Grahamstown Correctional Facility has been re-arrested.
The extraordinary movie-style prison break of the “Facebook rapist”, Thabo Bester, has shone the light on loopholes and corruption within the department of correctional services (DCS), which enable multitudes of convicted and awaiting trial prisoners to escape from jail.
The escapee reportedly asked members of the Seven Fountains farming community for food on Sunday night, 23 October.