CAPE TOWN - Five suspected abalone poachers were arrested in two separate incidents on Friday morning, Western Cape police said.
Officers on patrol in Fish Hoek pulled over a light delivery vehicle in the early hours of the morning.
"The vehicle was stopped and one of the occupants was still in his diving gear. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of 101 units of abalone," police said in a statement.
In a separate "intelligence-driver operation", police searched a vehicle where they found several bags of abalone. The 34-year-old driver from Hout Bay was arrested.
"Not far from there, a parked Audi was searched and more bags of abalone were found. The second suspect, a 27-year-old man from the Northern Cape was arrested."
Police found several bags of abalone when they conducted a search on a vehicle at Century City, Milnerton. Photo: Supplied
The suspects would appear in the Simon's Town and Cape Town magistrates courts once charged.