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AAP General News (Australia)
10-25-2007
Vic: Man arrested on Spirit of Tasmania

MELBOURNE, Oct 25 AAP - Fisheries officers boarded the Spirit of Tasmania in Melbourne
today to arrest a man over the trafficking of a commercial quantity of abalone.

Officers from Fisheries Victoria boarded the Spirit of Tasmania shortly after it docked
at Station Pier at 7am (AEST) and arrested a 37-year-old Sydney man.

The officers also seized a vehicle in which they allegedly found more than 500 abalone,
along with wetsuits and diving equipment.

"There has been more than 500 abalone found," Fisheries ...

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