Abalone with an estimated street value of R500 000, was confiscated along the N2, on the 05th of August 2024.
Members of the Grahamstown Highway Patrol and Crime Prevention Unit confiscated the abalone and arrested a 41-year-old suspect.
The suspect is due to appear before the Grahamstown Magistrate Court on a charge of possession of abalone.
Captain Marius McCarthy of the South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement, “on the 5th August 2024, at about 18:00, members attached to the Grahamstown Highway Patrol and Grahamstown Crime Prevention Unit, were patrolling along the N2 when they noticed a white NP300 bakkie passing them in the opposite direction at high speed.
The members became suspicious and instinctively gave chase. While chasing near Lothians Gravel Road, the vehicle suddenly stopped, and the driver (only occupant) got out and started to run. Police ran after the suspect (41) and managed to arrest him.
Upon searching the vehicle, members found and confiscated 13 661 units of abalone together with the Nissan NP300 LDV as it was used in the commission of a crime.”
The suspect is due to appear before the Grahamstown Magistrate Court on charges of possession of abalone.
Picture: SAPS