Open letter to DA to act on abalone poaching  Letter sent to: John Steenhuisen, DA National Leader Alan Winde, Western Cape Premier Dave Bryant, MP, Western Cape DA Shadow Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment  Annerie Weber (Mpumalanga)  – budget speech on environment Hannah Shameema Winkler (KZN), budget speech on environment Andricus van der […]

The scruge continues – abalone worth R21 million seized in May in Gqeberha Police in Gqeberha are leaving no stone unturned as they clamp down on illegal abalone activity in the metro while at the same time, perpetrators are feeling the pinch in their pockets. This week, several intelligence driven operations were conducted which resulted

Top Gansbaai poachers apprehended in Port Elizabeth Two of Gansbaai’s most wanted and hardened abalone poachers were apprehended in a SAPS operation in the Port Elizabeth area on Tuesday night. Officials recieved information about a vehicle that was going to transport abalone from Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein. Officials requested Cookhouse Police to stop the vehicle

Another multi-million rand abalone bust The City of Cape Town said officers executing a search warrant at a premises in the Bellville area at the weekend arrested two suspects in possession of abalone and crayfish valued at about R3.2 million. Ntuthuzelo Nene wrote on the EWN new platform on 7 February 2023 that Cape Town metro police

Cape Town Metro Police make massive abalone bust The multi-million rand abalone bust came during the execution of a search warrant on the weekend while elsewhere drama unfolded early evening in Strand, when traffic officers were instrumental in the arrest of a hijacking and murder suspect. On Saturday, 4 February 2023, just after 09:30, officers attached

Environmental crime continues as poachers run wild IOL reports that abalone poachers were nabbed suspected abalone poachers in Bloemfontein. This is the report: The police arrested a 52-year-old man and seized abalone with an estimates street value of R4 million in Bloemfontein. According to Free State police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Thabo Covane, Mangaung Metro Crime Combating

Abalone poaching is alive and well with poachers continuing to rape our marine environment. The past few weeks saw an increase in poaching activities in the Overberg, Kleinmond, Cape Point, around Robben Island, Melkbos and along the West Coast. The 140 km Overberg coastline is hugely understaffed and little resources are available to curb this

Poachers chased and arrested Abalone worth R1 219 500 was confiscated and two men arrested for possession on the R300 earlier this morning by Metro Police members attach to the K9 Unit. Just after 06:15, K9 officers were conducting freeway patrols on the R300 and N2 when they spotted two suspicious vehicles. Attempts to stop