{"id":266460,"date":"2025-08-22T11:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/?p=266460"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:31:28","slug":"perlemoen-op-snelweg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/perlemoen-op-snelweg\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcester-polisie maak perlemoenvonds by padblokkade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2018n Roetine padblokkade wat die Worcester-polisie se honde-eenheid Donderdagmiddag (21 Augustus) saam met die verkeersafdeling gehou het, het &#8216;n stinkerige vonds opgelewer toe hulle op sakke vol perlemoen afkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018n Mercedes Benz-vragmotor is 17:00 op die N1-snelweg net buite die dorp naby die ou Ultra City afgetrek, nadat die polisie inligting ontvang het dat daar moontlik <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/perlemoen-vonds-op-n1-20240911-2\/\">perlemoen <\/a>vervoer word. Die vragmotor is deursoek en die polisielede het op bruin gestreepte sakke afgekom wat \u2018n sterk reuk gehad het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"266471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/perlemoen-op-snelweg\/perlemoen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Perlemoen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen-1024x576.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die sakke het &#8216;n skerp reuk gehad en die polisielede het besef dat daar perlemoen in is. Foto: verskaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie polisielede het die sakke oopgemaak en besef dat daar perlemoen in is. Hulle het die 46-jarige verdagte gevra om saam met hulle na die polisiekantoor te kom, waar hulle die perlemoen ten aanskoue van die verdagte getel het. Daar was 2 271 eenhede,\u201d het AO Vatishwa Jacobs, die woordvoerder, ges\u00ea. Dit het &#8216;n geraamde waarde van R1,8m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suid-Afrikaanse perlemoen (Haliotis midae) kom slegs hier voor en is die grootste van die spesie. Di\u00e9 plat seeslak het \u2018n ho\u00eb markwaarde wat daartoe lei dat \u2018n hele industrie van onwettige oes en smokkel ontstaan het, volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse webwerf Corruption Watch. Arm gemeenskappe desperaat vir \u2018n inkomste word dikwels hierby betrek, omdat die perlemoen maklik is om te oes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018n Verslag deur die <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifejustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Case-8-Crime-Convergence-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wildlife Justice Commission <\/a>s\u00ea dat daar na beraming meer as 96 million perlemoen in \u2018n tien jaar tydperk van 2006 tot 2016 gestroop is, met 90% daarvan wat vir die mark in Hong Kong bestem is. Perlemoen is \u2018n gesogte lekkerny in groot dele van Asi\u00eb. Die kommissie beweer dat Chinese kriminele netwerke betrokke is by perlemoenstropery, wat perlemoen by plaaslike bendes wat betrokke is by stropery, kry. Di\u00e9 perlemoen word glo tipies in onwettige prosseseringsfasiliteite gedroog, voordat dit in vragmotors versteek word en oor die grens na Namibi\u00eb, Zimbabwe of Mosambiek vervoer word. Van daar af word dit na Asi\u00eb toe versprei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"266462\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/perlemoen-op-snelweg\/perlemoen2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,2844\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Perlemoen2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen2-576x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen2-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266462\" style=\"width:768px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen2-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen2-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen2-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Perlemoen2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meer as 2 000 stuk perlemoen is in die vragmotor gekry. Foto: verskaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens die kommissie se verslag is daar \u2018n noue band tussen perlemoensmokkelary en die handel in dwelms en ander wildleweprodukte soos renosterhorings, met dwelms wat dikwels in ruiltransaksies gebruik word. Korrupte regeringsbeamptes is ook voorheen by van die gevalle betrek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Wes-Kaapse regering bereken dat di\u00e9 onwettige perlemoenhandel die land na raming tot soveel as R1 miljard \u2018n jaar in \u2018n verlies aan inkomste kos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die verdagte is in hegtenis geneem op klagtes van die onwettige besit van perlemoen. 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