According to global seafood industry information website FIS, an anti-poaching raid by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), with assistance from the South Africa Police Service and Fisheries Control Officers (FCOs), has led to the arrest of seven offenders and the confiscation of 26,429 units or 3.2 tonnes of abalone.
Fisheries spokesperson Lionel Adendorf said that police found some 3,346 units or 377kg of wet shucked abalone in various bags in a car hidden amongst trees and bushes this week, reports FIS.
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