Saturday, March 03, 2007

Couple caught with perlemoen valued over R500 000

By Chanel September
3 March 2007

A routine check at a roadblock by Beaufort West police led to the arrested of a couple involved in perlemoen smuggling.

Perlemoen with a street value of R520 000 was seized from a man and woman when their bakkie was stopped by officials yesterday.

The 49-year-old man and 43-year-old woman are facing charges of dealing in and being in possession of perlemoen without a permit this according to a weekend paper.

The couple are to appear in the Beaufort West magistrate’s court on Monday.

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