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Six arrested with abalone worth R2.8 million

Six suspects have been arrested in Milnerton in Cape Town for the illegal possession of abalone worth about R2.8 million. Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani says they received information from Crime Intelligence about a vehicle en route to Cape Town, possibly transporting abalone. Hani says the driver, who was a foreign national, was found with seven bags of wet abalone in the boot of the car. She says five local suspects […]

today26 April 2023

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Hawks crack abalone-packaging operation in Table View

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) have been lauded after an integrated intelligence-driven operation led them to an illegal drying facility of abalone worth R1.6 million (more than US$95,000). In a statement released on Thursday, Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said the operation included a team from the Hawks’ serious organised crime investigation, crime intelligence and officials from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on Wednesday. She said […]

today16 October 2020

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Two foreigners arrested in CT for illegal possession of abalone, processing equipment worth over R800,000

Two foreign nationals were arrested after they were found in possession of a large quantity of illegal abalone in Bellville in Cape Town, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Western Cape said on Saturday. On Thursday, vigilant members of the SAPS Bellville crime prevention unit (CPU) acted on information about illegal abalone in a house in Kommesaris Street in Welgemoed in Bellville, SAPS spokesperson Siyabulela Malo said in […]

today26 January 2020

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Parliament Committee urges tough stance against marine crime

Parliament’s Police Committee says the prevalence of organised crime in pillaging marine resources is a great course of concern. Committee chair Francois Beukman says they will hold a joint meeting with the Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Committee in August to look at the extent of the problem. Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana earlier revealed that abalone worth a total of R16-million was stolen at gunpoint from the Department’s abalone stores – […]

today30 June 2018

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Cape Town pair appear on drug and abalone charges

A man and women both aged 23 are expected to appear in the Parow Magistrate's Court in Cape Town, Western Cape on charges of dealing in drugs. The pair was arrested on Thursday during a sting operation at a house in Oostersee, where police found and seized variety of drugs, including, ecstasy and methadone as well as cash. Police spokesperson, Noloyiso Rwexana, says an agent was employed to conduct a […]

today19 June 2017

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