Three men have been arrested in South Africa for stealing a 2.5-metre (8-feet) long Nile crocodile worth about USD 1,300 from a farm in the North West province, police said Monday.

The men, who are all aged between 20 and 35, are believed to have used a pick-up truck to take the animal from a crocodile farm in the Hartbeesfontein area about 200 kilometres (124 miles) west of Johannesburg.