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Trying to post more than 300kg of dried paua overseas landed a man with six months' home detention yesterday.
Kim Hong Rov pleaded guilty in Wellington District Court to two counts of exporting illegally-taken paua between June and November 2004.
Ministry of Fisheries investigations manager Mark Nicholson said later Rov and co-offender Boon Lim Chin were arrested in July 2005. Chin was sentenced to a prison term in May.
The pair were involved in the postage to Hong Kong of boxes, which when examined were found to contain semi-dried paua meat.
- NZPA
