Limpopo: Seven suspects are expected to appear in court soon after they were nabbed following police operations in Limpopo.
According to South African Government News Agency, the ‘Vala Umgodi Operations’ conducted in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo led to the arrest of seven suspects for illegal mining of sand and possession of suspected precious minerals (raw Chrome) on Sunday, 06 April 2025, at the Nebo and Burgersfort Policing areas.
In its statement on Tuesday, the South African Police Service (SAPS) revealed that a 36-year-old man was arrested for possession of suspected stolen precious minerals at Spitzkop Farm in the Burgersfort policing area. The man was found loading chrome in a yellow dumbbell truck. Another suspect, aged 18, was arrested for contravention of the immigration act in the same area.
Additionally, five suspects aged between 28 and 51 were apprehended for illegal mining of sand on the same day at Ga-Marishane Village in the Nebo policing area. During a disruptive operation by members of the Vala Umgodi Operation, a group of individuals was noticed loading sand into a white leyman truck. Police confiscated three shovels and the truck loaded with sand.
The SAPS stated that the suspects would appear before the local magistrate’s court soon, and police investigations are ongoing.