Police from the Maitland Flying Squad in the Western Cape apprehended a 21-year-old male for allegedly trading crayfish tails to the value of R1.7 million without a permit.
between the SAPS’s Public Order Policing, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Affairs, Sanparks and a private company led to the arrest of two suspects and confiscation of abalone on the same day in West End, Gqeberha.The law officials also cracked down on a business premises on the West End, where after conducting a search, they managed to recover a total of 7388 units of abalone and a green Toyota bakkie with an estimated value of R1.8 million.
Fearing it might have been a decomposed body, they called police to investigate. Police arrived at the said place but found no one at the house at the time. The confiscated molluscs were taken away for storage by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs. The processing equipment was also seized.
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