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Article: WA: Huge abalone heist blown open, authorities say
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 22, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-22-2009
WA: Huge abalone heist blown open, authorities say
PERTH, July 22 AAP - West Australian fisheries authorities say they are making inroads
into a black market abalone operation in which thieves stood to net hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
A 40-year-old Perth man is to appear in court on Friday charged with illegally receiving
almost $400,000 worth of abalone, fisheries officers say.
Another Perth man will make a second court appearance on the same day after being bailed
on charges of stealing up to $800,000 worth of the seafood delicacy.
The 40-year-old man is facing a criminal charge of receiving approximately 3,000 kilograms
of stolen greenlip ...