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TimesLIVE reports that a colonel, a warrant officer and two corporals are expected to appear in the Welkom Magistrate’s Court on Monday on charges of conspiracy to commit crime. Hawks spokesperson Capt Lloyd Ramovha indicated that the inspectorate rounded the four soldiers up on Friday.
He said they were “initially detained and released in August for conspiracy to commit crime, fraud and trespassing at an illegal mining hotspot at Kudu Shaft, Welkom”. The soldiers were found on the premises of the privately-owned mine on 6 July. But, the court subsequently released them because of insufficient evidence. Ramovha reported further: “The Hawks serious organised crime investigation unit persisted despite the initial hiccup. The unyielding probe has since revealed that at the time of the alleged offence the group, that was clad in full military uniform, was supposed to be on duty at their bases in Pretoria and Kroonstad respectively. Primarily what raised suspicion was that one of them had his private firearm with him and they were using a private vehicle affixed with SANDF plates with its licence disc removed.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Philani Nombembe at TimesLIVE
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