Excellent collaboration between SAPS Cookhouse and Graaff-Reinet members resulted in the arrest of two suspects and the confiscation of abalone worth over R3 million last night, 02 May 2023.
It is reported that at about 19:00, SAPS Cookhouse highway patrol members received information of a blue Toyota Camry and a Porche Cayenne pulling a trailer and were traveling on the R75 from Kariega towards Graaff-Reinet, with illegal abalone.
Members proceeded from N10 outside Cookhouse towards Graaff-Reinet on R63. The Toyota Camry was stopped however the Porche continued to speed towards Graaff-Reinet. Police officers from Graaff-Reinet Operational Command Centre blocked off the road and when the occupants of the Porche saw their blue lights close to the entrance of Graaff-Reinet, the Porche stopped next to the road and the occupants abandoned the vehicle and ran into the bushes.
A total of 75 bags of abalone with 9398 units, the Porche Cayenne, a trailer, and the Toyota Camry were confiscated….
