A suspect in the Western Cape was arrested with more than R9 million worth of abalone on the R45 Simondium Road on Thursday, 👮 Crime
Abalone poacher handed himself over to police
In an unrelated incident, last month, an abalone poacher, who had been on the run from police for four years, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by thePolice spokesperson Ndakhe Gwala said Shahabaz Mohammed was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, suspended for five years, after he handed himself over to Western Cape police.
Mohamed was arrested in 2017, and charged in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act after police received information and raided his premises in Mozart Street, Panorama.At the time, police found wet and dry abalone with an estimated street value of R4 million. “The court found the accused guilty on three counts and he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for contravention of the Marine Resources Act, two years imprisonment for possession of abalone without a permit, and six months for failure to comply with conditions of bail.
“It was further ruled that the abalone must be forfeited to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,” Gwala said in a statement.
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