Office of the Provincial Commissioner Eastern Cape ST FRANCIS BAY - Six suspects aged between 26 and 45 have been arrested by members of St Francis Bay SAPS for possession of abalone. On 2021-05-18 at about 19:00 local detectives received information of suspected abalone poachers in the area. A description of the vehicle with a registration number was furnished. The members spotted the vehicle and monitored the vehicle throughout the night. Their investigations led them to a house at Malema Village where six suspects were arrested in possession of diving equipment and three large bags containing over three hundred and twenty abalone to the street value of ± R18, 000-00