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It was not long before another transgression made the headlines. This time SARS investigators discovered and confiscated 1.6 tons (28 764 individual animals) of abalone valued at R4 million in the process of being smuggled out of Cape Town on a commercial container vessel destined for Hong Kong.
A Detention Order was served on the shipping agents, legally compelling them to ensure the container’s return to South Africa.
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A frantic search is underway for 11 crew members of the MFV Lepanto which capsized and sank 35 nautical miles off Slangkop Point in the Western Cape. Watch the video clip.