Article 5QM15 Western Australian man allegedly set off fake shark warnings with tag removed from great white

Western Australian man allegedly set off fake shark warnings with tag removed from great white

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Cait Kelly
from World news | The Guardian on (#5QM15)

A 48-year-old man has been charged by police after allegedly stealing a monitoring tag from a shark he accidentally caught

A Western Australian man allegedly used a monitoring tag he removed from a great white shark to set off fake warnings in the Albany area for nearly a month.

The 48-year-old allegedly removed the tag from the shark after accidentally catching it and releasing it alive.

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