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Media Statement FREE STATE – A total of 10 suspects were arrested for possession of gold bearing material in the Free State Province. A team of South African Police Service members; Combat, Proactive operators, SAPS drone pilots and Private Security Companies executed disruptive policing actions focussing on illicit mining in Old St Helena Phoenix 500, Old Steyn 2 Mine, Old Western Holdings 05 Mine, African Rainbow Mineral. The team conducted patrols in areas such as FS1 bushes and farms, where ventilation shafts are situated. During the operation, the team seized gold bearing material weighing at 340.28 kilograms. Gold processing equipment such as gwala, shovels (4), garden spades (5), pick axes (3), steel plates (7) and self-made strainer (6) were also seized. Case dockets of possession of suspected gold bearing material: gold processing equipment, trespassing on mine area and contravention of Immigration Act were opened at Welkom, Virginia and Theunissen Police Stations. Suspects will appear before Court soon. Ends
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