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Hawston man appears in court over illegal abalone trade
The officers found more than a dozen bags filled with abalone, weighing 500 kilograms and worth an estimated R900,000.
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2 men arrested for possession of abalone worth R10m
This bust follows a separate one last weekend in which perlemoen worth about R5 million was seized near Somerset West.
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Cops seize abalone worth R5m
Traffic officers pulled over a vehicle on the N2 at the weekend.
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Man killed in shootout between CT police, gangsters
The shooting broke out during an abalone bust at the weekend.
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Suspects in high-speed car chase, shoot-out in WC appear in court
The suspects had allegedly been trying to hijack a truck transporting legal abalone on the M19.
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Hawks arrest would-be abalone thieves
The Hawks have arrested two suspects following an attempted hijacking of a truck carrying abalone in Melkbosstrand outside Cape Town.
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Cape police intensify clampdown on abalone poachers
Busts made over the past week also saw the seizure of shark fin valued at more than R5mn.
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Suspects to appear in court after police confiscate abalone in WC
In the latest incident, they arrested three people Brackenfell allegedly in possession of 40 boxes containing dried perlemoen.
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6 arrested in separate multi-million rand abalone busts in CT
Police raided a farm in Brackenfell on Monday night where they found more than 30,000 units of abalone.
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2 due in court following major abalone bust
Officers in the Central Karoo town pulled over a suspicious vehicle on Sunday and searched it.
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11 arrested for various crimes around WC this weekend
Several people have been arrested for various crimes including hijacking and possession of abalone worth millions.
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Hawks: abalone syndicate's 127 years sentence groundbreaking
The four men were charged with exporting, processing and possession of abalone, as well as fraud and money laundering.
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CT abalone poachers hit with hefty sentences
Nearly 99,000 units of abalone, valued at about R20 million and various equipment were also seized in raids at properties in Vredenburg and Table View.
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CT cops bust man (53) with abalone worth R5m
Members of the police's K9 unit nabbed the suspect on Monday after they swooped on a van parked outside a fast food outlet in Old Paarl Road.
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Cops bust man in Philippi for abalone worth R8m
Police have arrested a man in Philippi after he was caught with abalone worth nearly R8 million.
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Nearly R60m in poached abalone seized in WC
In the latest bust, a motorists was arrested on the N1 near Worcester with perlemoen valued at more than R4 million.
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WWF: 95% of abalone stocks from SA being fished illegally
The World Wildlife Fund says that despite arrests of poachers and the confiscation of illegal abalone, the problem seems to be on the rise.
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Another abalone bust sees 10 suspects arrested
Ten suspects were arrested and officers confiscated more than 22,000 units of dried abalone valued at about R4 million.
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12 people arrested following series of abalone busts in WC
Perlemoen worth more than R10 million has been seized.
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Foreign national arrested in Table View abalone bust
The suspect was arrested following a tip-off from the public yesterday.
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EC hitchhiker nabbed with abalone worth R20,000
Police conducted a stop and search on the R72, making the discovery of nearly 100 abalone in the man’s bag.
