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

The field necropsy led to the discovery of two severed arms with hands still attached, half a rib cage and chest flesh.

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 ...

South African police captain Johan 'Pottie' Potgieter has been praised for his 'extraordinary bravery' after retrieving the corpse of the killer croc.

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

The mortal remains of a South African hotel boss have been found inside a 15-foot crocodile after it was airlifted.