Footage of the capture, shared by police, shows an officer and the 4.5-metre-long crocodile hanging from a rope suspended from the helicopter.

A police officer has recalled the moment he was lowered from a helicopter into a crocodile-infested river in South Africa as part of an effort to recover human remains. Captain Johan Potgieter was ...

A massive crocodile suspected of eating a missing businessman was airlifted by helicopter from South Africa's Komati River after being euthanized.

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 ...

The crocodile was euthanised after Gabriel Batista, a hotel owner, went missing. Batista’s suspected remains were found inside the reptile.

A crocodile found with multiple pairs of crocs and flip-flops in its stomach was euthanised by authorities after it was identified as the animal believed to have eaten a missing man, with human ...

Human remains believed to belong to missing 59-year-old businessman, Gabriel Batista, have been recovered from the intestines of a 15-foot crocodile after a dramatic helicopter operation in South ...

Missing hotel owner found inside crocodile The animal was shot and airlifted from river after police suspected it had eaten ...