CRADOCK NEWS - Members from the Cradock Crime Prevention Unit confiscated 1,4 tons of abalone in transit last Wednesday 13 October.

It is alleged that patrolling members noticed two suspicious looking bakkies driving in convoy on route through Cradock. 

After a white Ford Ranger bakkie was stopped and searched in Cradock, 783 kilograms of freezed abalone was discovered and a 37-year-old male was arrested. The other Toyota Hilux bakkie then sped off in the direction of Hofmeyr.

After a high speed chase the vehicle was found abandoned and locked in Hofmeyr with an estimated one ton of freezed, shelled abalone.

The abalone was handed over to the Gqeberha's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The two vehicles have also been seized pending further investigations.

The suspects will appear before the Cradock Magistrates Court soonest on charges relating to the possession of abalone.

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