Illegal possession of abalone
CT police arrest man for possession of abalone
After searching his vehicle police found 1,522 units of shucked abalone valued at R760,000.
On Thursday, officers had been tipped off about a car illegally transporting abalone.
Officials confiscated 51 shucked and 270 unshucked pieces of abalone as well as three West Coast lobsters, all with a total street value of R250,000.
In the first incident in Swellendam, officers nabbed a suspect for the possession and transportation of perlemoen worth more than R7 million.
Police have arrested two men in Table View for the illegal possession of abalone and for operating a fish processing plant without a permit.