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Sowetan reports that two Mozambican national were arrested on Tuesday by Ekurhuleni police in connection with illegal mining in Springs.
Police were conducting farm visits and monitoring old mining holes when they spotted illegal miners busy on a farm. When police approached the mining hole, eight of the suspects ran into the bushes, but the police managed to arrest two men. It was ascertained that they were from Daggafontein in Springs and were in the country illegally. Police seized six 32kg oxygen bottles, two 10kg gas bottles, two water pump generators, eight spades, a hacksaw, a pick, a hammer and two oxalic acid bottles. The suspects will appear in court soon
- The original of this report by Patience Bambalele is on page 8 of Sowetan of 11 January 2017
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