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The Hawks arrested two men for the possession of dried abalone worth R9.9 million during an operation on 17 May 2021. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

Abalone poaching

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  • Two males aged 26 and 36 were arrested after they were found in possession of a consignment of abalone with a street value of nearly R2 million on 19 September 2021. Picture: SAPS.

    Abalone worth nearly R2m confiscated in Brackenfell, two men arrested

    Police were busy with patrols on Sunday when they spotted a double cab Ford Ranger and people loading boxes onto a truck.

    244 days ago
  • Overberg SAPS cluster members confiscated abalone with an estimated street value of R2.4 million on 02 September 2021. Picture: SAPS.

    Police make abalone bust worth R2.4 million in the Overberg region

    Officers in the Overberg acted on a tip-off about a vehicle travelling from Buffeljags near Swellendam to Stanford.

    261 days ago
  • FILE: The 920 shucked abalone with an estimated value of R845,000 was confiscated. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    Police nab abalone poachers in Eastern and Western Cape

    The eight suspects were apprehended and taken to Cape Town harbor for processing.

    318 days ago
  • Abalone seized by police. Picture: SAPS.

    Hawks nab suspects for possession of R1.5m worth of abalone in Gqeberha

    They were cornered in Gqeberha yesterday. When officials pulled over the vehicle, they found 430 kilograms of abalone stashed inside. They're due in court tomorrow according to the Hawk’s Yolisa Mgolodela.

    348 days ago
  • The Hawks arrested two men for the possession of dried abalone worth R9.9 million during an operation on 17 May 2021. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Case against duo arrested in R9.9m abalone operation remanded for a week

    Officials stopped two vehicles on the N7 and found 70 boxes containing more than 23,000 units of dried abalone.

    368 days ago
  • The Hawks arrested two men for the possession of dried abalone worth R9.9 million during an operation on 17 May 2021. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Hawks arrest two men for possession of abalone worth R9.9m

    On Monday, the Hawks, in partnership with SAPS and officials from the Environmental, Forestry and Fisheries Department, reacted to information about the transportation of illegal abalone.

    369 days ago
  • FILE: Abalone seized at a processing facility in Goodwood. Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService

    Black gold: A fresh approach needed to tackle SA's illegal abalone trade

    Eyewitness News takes a look at what can be done to deal with abalone poaching, which costs the fiscus hundreds of millions of rands every year.

    378 days ago
  • Western Cape police confiscated R700,000 worth of abalone from two suspects in Riviersonderend on 26 April 2021. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Duo caught with abalone worth R700k due in Caledon court

    The country's fiscus loses hundreds of millions each year to sophisticated syndicates who illegally exploit the natural resource and experts said that despite ongoing busts, poaching had gotten worse in the last five years.

    389 days ago
  • FILE: Abalone estimated at R9.5 million was confiscated in Tygerdal, Goodwood, by police officials. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Shell games: Unravelling the complex web around abalone poaching

    Despite regular success, abalone poaching remains a thorn in the side of the authorities, with the nation's fiscus losing hundreds of millions of rands to sophisticated syndicates who illegally exploit the natural resource.

    426 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    Gas explosion at Stellenbosch home exposes abalone processing operation

    Early on Wednesday morning, police were called to a house where a gas bottle exploded.

    466 days ago
  • The Hawks together with Crime Intelligence and officials from the Department of Environmental Forestry and Fisheries on 16 November 2020 uncovered an illegal abalone facility at Kewridge in Cape Town and arrested two suspects for operating an illegal processing facility. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Over R1.9m worth of abalone seized in Cape Town, 2 suspects arrested

    During a multidisciplinary operation on Monday, officials uncovered an illegal abalone facility in Edgemead.

    552 days ago
  • FILE: Picture. SAPS/Facebook.

    Duo arrested in multi-million-rand abalone bust in WC

    They were pulled over during a roadblock along the R45 over the weekend.

    698 days ago
  • Abalone seized by Western Cape police in a raid. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    48 suspects arrested for abalone poaching

    The alleged poachers were nabbed in the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route Park.

    848 days ago
  • FILE: Abalone seized at a processing facility in Goodwood. Picture: Twitter/@SAPoliceService

    SAPS set to reclassify abalone poaching as serious priority crime

    Over the past year, more than 400 suspects were arrested for the crime and police confiscated abalone worth at least R130 million in the Western Cape.

    907 days ago
  • Police spotting the vehicle following a tip-off and they uncovered plastic bags filled with shucked abalone inside it. Picture: SAPS.

    Man arrested for possession of abalone worth R1.5 million in Table View

    Police responded to a tip-off on Thursday afternoon that a white BMW X5 was transporting abalone.

    962 days ago
  • The SAPS’ anti-gang unit on 13 May 2019 at the scene of an abalone poaching operation in Hawston, near Hermanus. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    3 arrested for murder, R600k seized in WC abalone poaching raid

    Ten properties were searched and more than 30 people were questioned.

    1104 days ago
  • Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana. Picture: GCIS.

    Zokwana tightens screws to fight poaching & corruption within fisheries

    With the Western Cape recording the most abalone seizures in the country between 2014 and 2019, Zokwana has called on fishing communities to assist in police in curbing the crime.

    1136 days ago
  • An illegal abalone processing plant. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    National interventions having little impact on abalone poaching - report

    Since December, there have been at least R5 multi-million abalone busts by police and government officials.

    1168 days ago
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