PE K9 unit members arrested four alleged abalone poachers on the afternoon of 20 May 2019, after they received a call for assistance from Dark Water Ops (anti abalone poaching unit).
It is alleged that at about 12:00, the anti-poaching unit observed suspicious activity at Noordhoek beach in Marine Drive. The K9 unit members were contacted for assistance. A diver retrieved two large bags containing fresh abalone from the water (481 units). The estimated street value of the abalone is over R1 million.
Diving equipment and a silver grey Citroen belonging to the suspects was also confiscated.
The suspects aged between 32 and 51 years old were detained on a charge of illegal possession of abalone. They are expected to appear in the Port Elizabeth magistrates’ court on 21 May 2019.
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