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Police officer lowered into crocodile-infested river to recover human remains
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- The reptile suspected to have eaten the missing man had already been killed but Captain Johan "Pottie" Potgieter said it was still a nerve-wracking experience.
- "The sharp-end of a crocodile is not the best place to approach it," he told the News24 website.
- After Potgieter had used a rope to secure the animal, both were hoisted away from the Komati River in the north-east of the country.
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Joseph Winter. The police said it was a "highly dangerous and complex operation"Police in South Africa have managed to recover human remains after an officer was lowered from a helicopter into a crocodile-infested river in the search for a businessman swept away by floodwater last week.
The reptile suspected to have eaten the missing man had already been killed but Captain Johan "Pottie" Potgieter said it was still a nerve-wracking experience.
"The sharp-end of a crocodile is not the best place to approach it," he told the News24 website.
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