Abalone bust
Hawks net 9 suspects, abalone, equipment worth nearly R20m in Bellville
Nine suspects are expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Thursday after they were nabbed during an operation by the Hawks and police on...
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2 people arrested for possession of R2.7m worth of abalone in Brackenfell
Authorities uncovered an illegal abalone drying facility in willow creek during a search and seizure operation on Tuesday.
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2 suspects arrested in CT for possession of abalone worth R7m
Operations were conducted in Century City and in the Airport Industria.
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Cape court finds 2 members of abalone smuggling syndicate guilty
The Cape Town Regional Coury convicted Denver Langehoven and Solomon Sauls on charges including racketeering, fraud, and contravening the Marine Living Resources Act.
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WC police seize another multi-million rand abalone haul
During an operation on Tuesday, two suspects were arrested near the Huguenot tunnel for the possession of abalone worth more than R5.3 million.
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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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Two more cops due in court for abalone theft
The two were attached to the police’s major offence reaction team when the crime was committed.
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That's just criminal: Cops steal poached abalone
It is alleged that the members pulled over a minibus taxi in Somerset West, which was transporting poached abalone from Hermanus to Cape Town.
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Abalone worth over R3m seized in CT raid
Police acted on a tip-off this week and discovered the dried abalone on Tuesday.
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Suspects caught with abalone worth R1.2mil to appear in court
Police acted on a tip-off that led them to a home in Table View, where they discovered the Abalone and arrested the two men.
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Cops seize abalone worth R500k in Malmesbury
Officers discovered the perlemoen at a house in the area following a tip-off earlier this week.
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SA lost R10bn to abalone poaching between 2000-2016
There have been at least five multi-million rand abalone busts in the Western Cape alone since December.
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3 CT alleged abalone smugglers arrested
Members found numerous containers and plastic bags filled with shucked abalone and equipment like gas cylinders and burners.
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Western Cape police arrest two men with truckload of abalone
Police received information of a truck transporting abalone to Gauteng on the N1 freeway.
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Two suspects arrested in multi-million abalone bust due in court
The pair was arrested on Wednesday, after officials from Hawks and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry raided an abalone drying facility.
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Hawks seize abalone worth R3.1m, 2 suspects nabbed
Officials, including those from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, discovered abalone worth more than R3.1 million at a drying facility.
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Sentencing proceedings for PE abalone poaching kingpin postponed
Julian Brown and two others were convicted in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday.
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2 Chinese nationals arrested after R2.4m abalone bust in Milnerton
The suspects were handcuffed during a joint operation on Friday.
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Strand man arrested for possession of abalone worth nearly R1m
The suspect was nabbed on Tuesday morning after officers pulled over a bakkie he was travelling in on the N2 near Strand.
