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.

THIS is the incredible moment a police diver was lowered into a crocodile-infested river to retrieve the body of a missing hotel boss. Gabriel Batista, 59, was swept away in raging floodwaters and ...

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.

A man disappeared after his car became stranded at a flooded low-water bridge, and authorities believe he was taken by a crocodile in the Komati River. A police officer was hoisted from a helicopter ...

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 ...

This is the astonishing moment police in South Africa swooped to airlift a huge 15ft crocodile suspected of eating a missing businessman. An officer dangling from a rope recovered the 500kg reptile ...

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 ...

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

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