SAPS continue to disrupt illegal mining
GAUTENG – Law enforcement agencies continue to disrupt illegal mining activities. The team, consisting of SAPS, JMPD and private security companies, is led by the Provincial Commissioner of the police in Gauteng and Deputy Provincial Commissioner: Policing, Maj Gen Tommy Mthombeni.
The team is operating at Florida policing precinct where one of the zama zamas was wounded during shootout with Metro police officers in an abandoned mine shaft. Equipment used for illegal Mining, such as phendukas, generators and gold bearing sand has been seized. The police will continue unabated with this disruption operations.