date:Aug 06, 2012
abalone were confiscated, leading to seven arrests in five different incidences of illegal poaching.
Ms Joemat-Pettersson commended community members and officials in her department who had helped expose poaching activities and encouraged South Africans both inside and outside her department to come forward if they had other information around poaching.
The arrests last week include two arrests made in Riviersonderend last Friday and the confiscation of 3,806 abalone.
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