A man arrested for the illegal possession of marine life is set to appear at the Worcester Magistrate's Court today.

 A man arrested for the illegal possession of marine life is set to appear at the Worcester Magistrate's Court today.

He was arrested last week when police, in Worcester, conducted a stop and search on a vehicle, where they found and confiscated various marine life.

Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg said this included the illegal possession of abalone. “The vehicle, a maroon in colour Volkswagen Beetle, was stopped on the Aan De Doorns Extension Road, Johnson’s Park. The members searched the vehicle and found 287 units abalone, 10 galjoen fish and 180 ale kurk in the vehicle.”

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