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A four-legged K9 officer managed to track down two of the
\neight suspects and also sniffed out 429 abalone hidden in the bushes in
\nWavecrest, Jeffreys Bay on December 1.<\/p>\n

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Four-legged K9 officer, Max (6 year-old German Shepherd) attached to the Humansdorp K9 Unit was dispatched to search for the suspects. Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n
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Eight suspects were arrested for alleged abalone poaching in Jeffreys Bay. Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n
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Max recovered 429 abalone stashed in four bags and hidden in the bushes. Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n
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According to police spokesperson, Sergeant Majola Nkohli, on
\nTuesday at about 03:00, members of the Jeffreys Bay Stock Theft and Endangered
\nSpecies Unit were conducting an operation on the beach in Jeffreys Bay when
\nthey spotted six suspicious men.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe six men were found in possession of diving equipment
\nand were arrested immediately. The police then searched for the remaining two
\nsuspects who ran into the nearby bushes,\u201d said Nkohli.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said their four-legged K9 officer, Max (six-year-old
\nGerman Shepherd) attached to the Humansdorp K9 Unit was dispatched to search
\nfor the suspects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMoments later, Max managed to track down the two suspects
\nwho were hiding in the bushes and also recovered 429 abalone stashed in four
\nbags,\u201d said Nkohli.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He further said police nabbed the eight men and also seized
\na white bakkie for further investigation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nkohli said the suspects, aged between 21 and 40, are due to
\nappear in the Humansdorp Magistrate\u2019s Court today, on charges of illegal
\npossession of abalone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Source: SAPS media statement<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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