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Media Statement NORTH WEST – A total of 24 illegal miners aged between 17 and 44 were arrested at the Scott and Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein on Wednesday, 10 April 2024. They were arrested during a multi-disciplinary disruptive operation conducted by the Klerksdorp based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in collaboration with the Provincial Explosives Unit, Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Illicit Mining Task Team, Local Criminal Record Centre (LCRC), Vala Umgodi deployment team, Harmony Gold and ER 24. During the operation, mining equipment, a motor vehicle, gold bearing material, cellphones, explosives and medication were seized. The suspects who are South African, Mozambican, Zimbabwean and Lesotho nationals are facing charges of illegal mining, conspiracy to commit a crime to theft of gold as well as contravention of the Immigration Act. They are expected to appear before the Stilfontein Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 15 April 2024. Major General Patrick Mbotho, the North West Head of Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, has welcomed the arrests and lauded the team’s efforts in clamping down on illegal mining. Ends
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