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Media Statement KIMBERLEY – The multi-disciplinary team executing Operation Vala Umgodi in Kleinsee in the Namakwa District arrested a 21-year-old Lesotho National for alleged possession of uncut diamonds in Kleinsee on Tuesday, 18 June 2024. The team was conducting routine inspections at a vehicle checkpoint near Kleinsee, stopped and searched the suspect and found suspected uncut diamonds in his possession. He could not provide a reasonable explanation for the possession of the suspected diamonds and could also not provide the immigration officials with documentation of being legally in the country. The suspect was subsequently arrested and will appear in Court soon. Operation Vala Umgodi will strengthen its efforts to eradicate illicit mining and the proliferation of undocumented persons in the Northern Cape. Ends
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