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Zimbabweans arrested in huge abalone bust in Cape Town
Three foreigners will appear in court on Tuesday after being arrested in what police described as one of the biggest abalone busts in recent years in the Western Cape.Police raided a property ...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:10hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed in SA over R10m abalone deal
A 36-year-old Zimbabwean man, Lawrence Muroma, and his Chinese accomplice, Qing Quen Feng (28) have been jailed for one year by a South African court for illegally dealing in the endangered abalone sh...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Snail smugglers nabbed with R26 million haul
TWO Mozambicans have been arrested at Plumtree Border Post while allegedly smuggling R26 million worth of sea snails weighing almost two tonnes.A third unnamed accomplice allegedly escaped aft...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese man nabbed with R3m in elephant tusks!
A Chinese national has been arrested in possession of elephant tusks, abalone, sea cucumber and various items of ivory jewellery in Alberton on Satuday, police said.Lieutenant Colonel Wilfred ...Published: 08 May 2016 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Is government doing enough to protect South Africa's biodiversity?
Globally environmental destruction is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Why then, the apparent complacency from government in the face of South Africa's biodiversity crisis? Threatene...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 17:38hrs | | by Melissa Reitz
Warrant of arrest for a South African truck driver issued
A Beitbridge magistrate has issued a warrant of arrest to a South African truck driver who was arrested at the border post early this month for smuggling sea food worth $3.8 million. Joseph Nd...Published: 04 Jun 2012 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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