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A Chinese national is expected in the Bellville Magistrate's Court on Friday after R2m worth of abalone was seized at a warehouse, Western Cape police have said.

In a statement on Thursday, police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said officers from the Cape Town K9 Unit had been conducting election patrols in Glucose Road, Bellville South, when they spotted a Ford Ranger LDV reversing from a warehouse."They approached and searched the vehicle, upon which they recovered 16 sealed boxes of dried abalone. The members then searched the warehouse and uncovered an illegal abalone processing facility.

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