The Joint Law Enforcement Forces through a high-density Operation Vala Umgodi have nabbed illegal miners and confiscated mining equipment in Limpopo. It is reported that members of the SAPS Tactical Response Team and Public Order Police Unit during their Disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, arrested a […]
The multi-disciplinary forces through disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi have arrested two male suspects for illegal mining at Mavalani illegal mining site outside Giyani in Mopani District. According to the information available at this stage, the members of the SAPS Tactical Response Team and Public Order Police unit have on Saturday, […]
The Multidisciplinary Forces through Operation Vala Umgodi have arrested five foreign nationals male suspects aged between 21and 32 years for possession of precious minerals at Letsitele outside Tzaneen in Mopani District. It is reported that team comprising the SAPS Tactical Response Team, National Intervention Unit and Public Order Policing Units […]
Heavy duty tipper trucks as well as mining machinery were seized during a sting operation at a certain coal mine in Mooihoek, Piet Retief on Thursday, 11 April 2024. The men and women in Blue, assigned for Operation Vala Umgodi in Mpumalanga, reacted to information provided by officials from the […]
The multi-disciplinary forces through disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi have arrested 16 suspects over the weekend for a variety of charges, including illegal mining, possession of illicit cigarettes and contravention of the Immigration Act in various districts. The forces comprised of members of the SAPS Organised Crime Investigation Unit, Forensic Investigation […]
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has hailed the industrious and collaborative efforts by multi-disciplinary teams for the apprehension of suspects and subsequent confiscation of trucks during the disruptive operation Vala Umgodi in Sekhukhune District. The high-density disruptive Operation Vala Umgodi […]
SAPS Members that are part of Operation Vala Umgodi task team in Mpumalanga indeed worked tirelessly to bring an end to illegal mining activities in the province. Ever since the team began hitting the ground running, a number of suspects alleged to have been involved in illegal mining activities, were […]
On Monday, 01 April 2024, Operation Vala Umgodi members conducted intelligence driven operations at a local farm where 71suspects were arrested for illegal mining on Tuesday, 26 March 2024. Information was received and operationalised of tools and mining equipment being concealed under grass on the farm by the suspected illegal […]
The Joint Multidisciplinary Forces comprises of the South African Police Service and the South African National Defence Force in collaboration with the Department of Home Affairs and Department of Mineral Resources and Energy continues to stamp authority of the state in a disruptive approach to curb the scourge of illegal […]
The multidisciplinary Joint Forces comprising members of SAPS, SANDF and Department of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy through Operation Vala Umgodi have arrested numerous suspects of illegal mining and illegal immigrants in various districts over the weekend. During the tour of Operation they […]
