Chinese duo jailed over R5.7m abalone operation

31 May 2016 - 16:21 By TMG Digital

Two Chinese men have been jailed for a year after being found with poached abalone and equipment worth R5.7-million. Jiam Liang Hong‚ 26‚ and Guohui-Li‚ 35‚ were found guilty of contravening the Marine Living Resource Act. They were arrested earlier in May at Klein Eike Farm‚ Genadendal‚ in the Overberg‚ and their sentences at Bellville Regional Court on Monday followed a plea bargain. They admitted operating a fish processing establishment without the right to do so and possession of abalone without the necessary permit.The day before the men were sentenced‚ a tip-off led to police uncovering an illegal abalone processing facility at a house in Grassy Park‚ Cape Town.Railway police spokesman Constable Debbie Alard said in a statement: "On arrival at the premises they found two rooms with various items of equipment. A third room was utilised as a drying room with numerous shelves of abalone in the process rooms of being dried."Two people‚ aged 27 and 41‚ were arrested and would appear in court once charged‚ Alard said...

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