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    Addo rangers arrest diver with abalone

    Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailOctober 28, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Addo Elephant National Park Rangers arrested a diver in possession of abalone near Bird Island in the Eastern Cape’s Algoa Bay in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

    Addo Elephant National Park Rangers arrested a diver in possession of abalone near Bird Island in the Eastern Cape’s Algoa Bay in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

    The diver was arrested after he surfaced from diving just before 1.30am this morning with 107 shucked abalone in his possession. Rangers stationed on Bird Island noticed a light shining near Black Rocks while on their nightly patrol on Tuesday night. After observing the situation for a while, they launched a boat to investigate.

    After they shot off a warning flare, the rangers noticed two rubber ducks in the water with a number of divers on board. The two vessels with divers fled. On patrolling the waters, rangers saw the divers’ torch lights shining in the water and approached them.

    The two divers then proceeded to load the abalone and a cellphone used for communications onto the Park’s vessel. One diver was arrested while the other managed to escape by diving back into the water and swimming away. Rangers confiscated the abalone as well as diving gear and detained the diver on Bird Island. The suspect will be taken to Kinkelbos police station this morning to be charged.

    Bird Island, home to the largest breeding colony of Cape gannets and a sizeable African penguin breeding colony, forms part of the Addo Elephant National Park. It is flanked by Black Rocks, which is home to the most easterly breeding colony of Cape fur seals, as well as Seal Island and Stag Island.

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