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Professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst. Photographer: Zinyange Auntony/AFP/Getty Images

Theo Bronkhorst, the professional hunter who helped Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer kill Cecil the Lion, has been arrested in Zimbabwe over allegations of trying to smuggle 30 sable antelope to South Africa.

Zimbabwe’s national parks association said in a statement he was arrested in the southern town of Bulawayo on Tuesday. Bronkhorst is already out on bail after being charged with facilitating the illegal hunt of Cecil, a famous lion that had been electronically tagged by a research group.

South Africa has a game industry when animals including sable and buffalo are auctioned for prices ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars each.