Reddersburg Xhariep District Operational Command Centre cornered a 26-year-old man on the N6 road with 16 refuse bags filled with abalone on Wednesday, 22 March 2023.
The Xhariep DOCC members were conducting a Vehicle Check Point on the N6 passing through Reddersburg.
At about 07:45 they stopped a sedan with Eastern Cape registration. Upon searching the said car the police found 16 bags filled with more than 700 abalone.
A 26-year-old driver that was travelling from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape and heading to Bloemfontein was apprehended.
He is expected to appear before Reddersburg Magistrate’s Court soon facing a charge of unlawful possession of abalone.
Police further confiscated the vehicle used in the commission of crime.
