NATIONAL NEWS - Two men have been arrested for being in possession of abalone worth R10 million.
They were taken into in Blackheath, Cape Town on Tuesday night.
The duo will make an appearance in the Blue Downs Magistrates Court on Friday.
This bust follows a separate one last weekend in which perlemoen worth about R5 million was seized near Somerset West.
Officials made the discovery after pulling over a vehicle transporting abalone.
2 men arrested for abalone worth R10 million
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Posted on: 14:39 Wed, 23 August 2017
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