Following an intelligence driven investigation, a joint operation was conducted by Crime Intelligence and the Flying Squad in Goodwood on the morning of 1 August 2018.
At approximately 08:00 this morning, a silver VW Polo Vivo was pulled over at the corner of Goodwood and Voortrekker Roads.
Upon searching the vehicle, numerous plastic bags containing shucked abalone were found covered with building plastic sheets in the boot, as well as behind the seats in the vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle, a 23 year old man from Zwelihle, Hermanus, was arrested and is being detained at Goodwood police station where the abalone was counted by officials from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
It amounted to 1522 units of shucked abalone valued at R760 000.
The arrested suspect is to appear in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on charges under the Living Marine Resources Act.
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