Abalone poaching
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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.
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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.
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Police nab abalone poachers in Eastern and Western Cape
The eight suspects were apprehended and taken to Cape Town harbor for processing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gas explosion at Stellenbosch home exposes abalone processing operation
Early on Wednesday morning, police were called to a house where a gas bottle exploded.
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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.
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Duo arrested in multi-million-rand abalone bust in WC
They were pulled over during a roadblock along the R45 over the weekend.
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48 suspects arrested for abalone poaching
The alleged poachers were nabbed in the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route Park.
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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.
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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.
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3 arrested for murder, R600k seized in WC abalone poaching raid
Ten properties were searched and more than 30 people were questioned.
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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.
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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.
