Two held over perlemoen

[Serra Moz]

Two men were arrested on Friday after being found in possession of perlemoen, Western Cape police said. Police were patrolling the R43 road around 1.15pm when they spotted a white Isuzu bakkie going towards Stanford from Gansbaai, said Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana.
“The vehicle was pulled off the road. According to the reports, one of the occupants in the vehicle jumped off and ran away.”
Police searched the bakkie and confiscated 10 bags containing around 1963 perlemoen.
Police arrested the two remaining men, aged between 27 and 29.
They are expected to appear in the Hermanus Magistrate's Court on Monday.

 

[BTTB]

This is normal for that part of the world, not the arrests that is, but someone in possession of perlemoen.

Residents and people with holiday houses along the Gansbaai, Pearly Beach coastline don't report smuggling for fear of reprisals from the poachers, they just look the other way. Furthermore, it is said that the authorities are in on the smuggling, so when an arrest is made it is more the exception that the norm.

It is illegal to dive or even wear a wetsuit for surfing between Gansbaai and Pearly Beach.
A chap I know who lives in Pearly Beach and is a qualified diver cannot even dive recreationally and when he and his wife walk along the beach they often come across smugglers, they simply turn around and walk the other way.

I wonder what is going to happen to the evidence?

 

[Serra Moz]

BTTB wrote:

This is normal for that part of the world, not the arrests that is, but someone in possession of perlemoen.

Residents and people with holiday houses along the Gansbaai, Pearly Beach coastline don't report smuggling for fear of reprisals from the poachers, they just look the other way. Furthermore, it is said that the authorities are in on the smuggling, so when an arrest is made it is more the exception that the norm.

It is illegal to dive or even wear a wetsuit for surfing between Gansbaai and Pearly Beach.
A chap I know who lives in Pearly Beach and is a qualified diver cannot even dive recreationally and when he and his wife walk along the beach they often come across smugglers, they simply turn around and walk the other way.

I wonder what is going to happen to the evidence?

It's sad indeed, just shows you how "far up" this trade has spread, true I can only but agree - I guess there's quite a few hand outs every month.

 

[jb2]

BTTB wrote:

This is normal for that part of the world, not the arrests that is, but someone in possession of perlemoen.

Residents and people with holiday houses along the Gansbaai, Pearly Beach coastline don't report smuggling for fear of reprisals from the poachers, they just look the other way. Furthermore, it is said that the authorities are in on the smuggling, so when an arrest is made it is more the exception that the norm.

It is illegal to dive or even wear a wetsuit for surfing between Gansbaai and Pearly Beach.
A chap I know who lives in Pearly Beach and is a qualified diver cannot even dive recreationally and when he and his wife walk along the beach they often come across smugglers, they simply turn around and walk the other way.

I wonder what is going to happen to the evidence?

Hi BTTB

There is no restriction on wearing wetsuits in the dive ban. It is just that the local inspectors in that area got it into their heads to include wetsuits!