19 October 2016
A joint operation between
various police units comprising Provincial Detectives, Sea Border, Task Force
and National Intervention Unit resulted in the arrest of 19 suspects (aged
between 18 and 38) in possession of a large quantity of abalone, earlier this
morning.
The police’s Captain FC Van
Wyk says the abalone was counted by officials from the Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and amounted to 1 308 units, however the
value is yet to be determined.
He
further says that the suspects are due to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates’
Court on Friday on abalone related charges under the Marine Resource Act.
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