Five suspects are set to appear in court after their arrest by the Hawks for running an illegal abalone drying facility in Gqeberha, while another individual was apprehended in connection with a fatal cash-in-transit robbery in Knysna.
Five suspects are expected to appear in the Gqeberha Magistrate’s Court on Friday after they were netted by the Hawks for operating an illicit abalone drying processing facility in Gqeberha.
The suspects, aged between 20 and 36, were arrested on June 24, said Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani.
Authorities seized 4,513 units of abalone.
The arrest came as a result of a high-profile law enforcement action, consisting of the Bellville Hawks’ Economic Protected Resources (EPR) team, Cape Town Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), Crime Intelligence-Motherwell, as well as SAPS Mount Road.
