The multi-disciplinary operation successfully removed illegal mining equipment from alleged illegal miners in Sabie today, 08 December 2023. The operation was led by Mpumalanga Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela alongside the Ehlanzeni SAPS acting District Commander Major General Dorah Xaba. Eleven undocumented persons were also arrested. They are […]
The high density operation conducted in Sabie by members of the South African Police Service, Department of Community Safety Security and Liaison, Community Policing Forums, Thaba Chewu Municipal Law enforcement and private security companies resulted in the confiscation of mining equipment and the arrest of 18 suspects for various offences. […]
Members of SAPS Limpopo Provincial Organised Crime and Private Security Company arrested two illegal miners aged 33 and 40, during a disruptive operation conducted at Wintervelt (Mahlakwena) dumping site in Burgersfort policing area, on Tuesday, 21 November 2023. Reportedly, the operation team went to the said area and found a […]
The members of SAPS in Waterberg District and Illegal Mining Task Team have arrested a 45-year-old man for suspected illegal mining of sand after being found in action loading a river sand in a tipper truck, and another driver of front loader abandoned his truck with keys. The operation was […]
The Police in Mecklenburg through a disruptive operation have arrested eight suspects for illegal mining activities and unlawful possession of unfinished precious metals as well as contravention of the Immigration Act on Thursday, 09 November 2023 at Moroke and Ga-Phasha villages outside Burgersfort in Sekhukhune District. The members attached to […]
A well-planned operation was conducted around the Burgersfort policing area in the early hours of Thursday 26 October 2023, resulting in the arrest of two African male suspects aged 35 and 49 for possession of illicit chrome. The operation comprised members of Burgersfort Police, the Sekhukhune District Task Team, and […]
The Police in Burgersfort, through concerted efforts in collaboration with private security, have arrested two suspected illegal miners aged 36 and 55 on Sunday, 01 October 2023, at Chrome Valley mine in Sekhukhune District. It is reported that members of the Illegal Mining Task Team in conjunction with the members […]
Members of Thabazimbi Crime Intelligence and Waterberg Illegal Mining Combating Task Team arrested five suspects aged between 58 and 39 for possession of precious metals (Chrome) at Sebilong village, on Wednesday, 13 September 2023. According to information, the members activated an operation after receiving information about suspect’s presence and their […]
The Provincial Commissioner of the Police in Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela in the forefront of the operation where disruption of illegal mining is taking place in Sol Plaatjie, Roodepoort. Police confiscated tools that are used by the illegal miners and closed down illegal shebeen. Illegal mining operations disrupted by […]
SAPS in Driekop under Sekhukhune District in collaboration with Mecklenburg, Burgersfort, Tubatse SAPS as well as POP Unit members apprehended three suspects aged between 21 and 35 for alleged Illegal Mining on 15/08/2023 at Ga-Maroga Village. Mining equipment seized. Three arrested for illegal mining at Ga-Maroga Village https://t.co/eqYr4KxihG#ArriveAlive #IllegalMining #SuburbanControlCentre […]
