Suspect arrested on charges relating to the living marine resources act in Cape Town CBD WESTERN CAPE - Observant members attached to Cape Town Central Police Crime Prevention Unit arrested a 32-year-old man on charges relating to the Living Marine Resources Act.
Yesterday at about 12: 00 the members doing
visible policing patrols on the corners of Darling and Adderley Streets, Cape Town CBD, spotted a suspicious black Mercedes Benz driving in Darling Street with one occupant .
The members asked the driver to pull over and searched the vehicle.
They discovered eight blue plastic bags containing crayfish tails in the boot of the vehicle, of which the value is yet to be determined.
The driver of the vehicle was arrested and officials of the Department of Environmental, Forestry, Fisheries were contacted for their assistance with the safekeeping of the crayfish tails.
The suspect is scheduled to make his court appearance in the Cape Town Magistrates Court today.
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