Abalone poachers apprehended
A large group of alleged abalone poachers are expected to appear in court on Monday after they were stopped in their tracks by South African National Parks (Sanparks) rangers who took action just outside Plettenberg Bay on Thursday.
A Sanparks spokesman said that the 48 suspects were apprehended on the Western side of the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National park between Keurbooms and Salt River and 142kg of abalone was confiscated.
Once nabbed, the suspects were taken to the nearest police station.
Sanparks chief executive Fundisile Mketeni thanked the rangers, Cape Nature and the police for “a job well done”.
“Our organisation is part of local policing forums in the Garden Route towns, as a result, we are able to fight poaching as a collective,” Mketeni said.
The suspects are believed to be from Gansbaai.
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Source: Knysna Plett Herald News
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