Cape Town lawmen seize ivory‚ abalone and shark jaws at Chinese man's home
29 October 2016 - 17:44
A Chinese man was arrested in Cape Town on Saturday with illegal ivory trinkets worth R100‚000. City of Cape Town law enforcement officers‚ acting on a tip-off‚ found ivory bangles‚ beads and chopsticks in the man's Green Point home. "He also had 16 shucked abalone‚ a number of exotic fish stomachs‚ exotic dried fish and three shark jaws in his possession‚" said law enforcement principal inspector Wayne Dyason. Officers from the marine unit also confiscated R31‚538 in cash.TMG Digital..
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