Overstrand Municipality’s Rapid Response Unit confiscated more than 4 000 shucked abalone as well as the vehicle used to transport it.


Thanks to the swift actions of the Overstrand Municipality’s Rapid Response Unit (RRU), abalone valued at nearly R1 million was seized and the driver arrested. The officers seized 4 934 shucked abalone as well as a Nissan NP200 bakkie and cellphone.

Colonel Gustav Tamboer, Hermanus Police’s station commander, confirmed a 24-year-old suspect has appeared in court for the illegal possession and transporting of abalone.

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