The Western Cape Police Ombudsman Johan Brand released a report on complaints on the police’s ineffectiveness when dealing with abalone poaching in the Overstrand areas. Locals have painted a picture of the increasing brazen syndicates who poach in the open, recruit youngsters as well as threaten locals who report the matters to police.
* Establish an Environmental Court in consultation with the minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. “The problem is an old one but one that keeps escalating. With the gangsters getting involved, it has spiralled out of control. In the beginning, poachers would conduct their business on the sly, now you can find between 30 or even 40 divers at a time,” he says.
“It seems there is no plan to get expert units in to deal with the matter, we even had the army but they were here for a month or so. But the poachers also learnt their routine and adapted. They’re fighting a losing battle just like on the Cape Flats.”“The reality on the ground isn’t necessarily that the police are failing but rather they are being failed because they are understaffed and under-resourced,” he said.
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