Three people have been arrested in the Western Cape in connection with perlemoen (abalone) crimes.
|||Cape Town - Three people have been arrested in the Western Cape in connection with perlemoen (abalone) crimes, the fisheries department said.
Spokeswoman Carol Moses said the group was found with 21 742 perlemoen at a processing facility near Atlantis on Wednesday night.
The Hawks and SA Revenue Service officials confiscated the perlemoen, three walk-in freezers, and fishing gear.
“This incident forms part of an ongoing investigation into illegal abalone fishing activities and syndication,” she said.
The three would appear in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court later on Thursday. - Sapa