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Johannesburg - Five people have been arrested during a raid on a perlemoen drying facility at a house in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, the Hawks said on Sunday.

"Upon searching the premises they found wet and dry abalone [perlemoen] to the value R3.2m and equipment to the value of R50 000 and R23 000 in cash," Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.

"Five unsuspecting suspects - three Chinese and two Zimbabweans nationals - were arrested immediately."

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