{"id":51528,"date":"2021-01-11T11:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T09:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/four-nabbed-with-abalone-20210111\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:27:52","slug":"four-nabbed-with-abalone-20210111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/four-nabbed-with-abalone-20210111\/","title":{"rendered":"Four nabbed with abalone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To ensure the protection of endangered marine life, Humansdorp Highway Patrol and OCC members arrested four suspects with abalone valued over R26 000 in Humansdorp on Saturday, January 9.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_d9cccb7a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Four nabbed with abalone\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10778\/e501c04be1cd4f9abfc02a38c9d4a708.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10778\/95279cf76900418393017dfda0072fc0.jpg\" title=\"Police seized 194 units of abalone weighing 43.6 kilograms.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Police seized 194 units of abalone weighing 43.6 kilograms.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Supplied<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to police spokesperson Sergeant Majola Nkohli, on Saturday, at about 08:00, police received information of a white Audi (with a registration number) carrying abalone traveling from Plettenberg Bay towards Port Elizabeth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers from the Humansdorp Highway Patrol and Operational Command Centre (OCC) monitored the N2 stretch between Humansdorp and Jeffreys Bay,\u201d said Nkohli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout an hour later, police spotted the vehicle on the N2 near Humansdorp and pulled it off the road. 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