DISRUPTIVE OPERATIONS ON ILLEGAL MINING ACROSS THE PROVINCE CONTINUE TO YIELD POSITIVE RESULTS FOLLOWING AN ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS IN SEKHUKHUNE DISTRICT
POLOKWANE: The ongoing disruptive Operations on illegal mining that are conducted across the Province yielded positive results following the apprehension of two suspects aged between 31 and 42 in the early hours of Friday 17 March 2023 at about 05:00 in Sekhukhune District.
The suspects were nabbed by the members of Provincial Organised Crime Unit while conducting the illegal mining operation in Mecklenburg policing precinct along the R71 public road.
Police allegedly spotted a white Tata tipper truck loaded with chrome and immediately stopped it with two occupants. The duo were requested to produce a permit and authorization documents to load and transport chrome but they failed to account the origin of the chrome.
They were nabbed on the spot and the tipper truck with registration of Mpumalanga province was also impounded during their arrests.
The suspects are expected to appear before Mecklenburg magistrate on Monday 20 March 2023 facing charges of illegal mining and transportation of chrome.
Police investigations are continuing.
