date:Jul 28, 2012
Fisheries spokesperson, Lionel Adendorf said the 3.2 tons of abalone were confiscated in five different incidents of illegal poaching by the department with assistance from the South Africa Police Service and Fisheries Control Officers (FCOs).
He said more arrests were made on Thursday morning when the police arrested a Chinese national in Milnerton and found 4 824 units of wet shucked abalone (around 424kg) and 328 units of dry abalone (around 100kg) in two freezers and plastic buckets.
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