Abalone storage facility hit by poachers

02 November 2015 - 18:25
By RDM News Wire

An undisclosed amount of abalone bags have been stolen from the Department of Agriculture‚ Forestry and Fisheries’ abalone storage facility in Paarden Island in Cape Town‚ the department revealed on Monday. It said a group of armed and masked men had overpowered security personnel tasked with protecting the storage facility on Thursday and made off with bagsof abalone that were in storage.

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