By REGINALD KANYANE

18 December 2024- Two suspects aged 33 and 34, were arrested for possession of dangerous weapons and suspected stolen property. This comes after the police from Frances Baard District received intelligence-driven information about two wanted suspects who were hiding at Samaria Informal Settlement, situated near the mining areas.

The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Molefi Shemane said the joint multi-disciplinary teams of Operation Vala Umgodi in the Frances Baard and Namakwa Districts will continue dismantle illicit mining activities and other related crimes.

Shemane further said the police also conducted patrols around the mining hotspot areas and arrested two undocumented persons aged 26 and 42.

“Additional intelligence-driven information regarding drugs being sold at an identified premises in Santa Zone, Galeshewe, was operationalised. The identified premises was searched, and four suspects were found in possession of drugs.

“The four suspects aged between 27 and 34, included a woman, were arrested for possession of suspected drugs,” he said.

Shemane added that the police confiscated drugs and money believed to be the proceeds of crime.

“In Kleinzee, members were conducting disruptive operations at Buffel Bank and Nuttabooi when three suspects aged 29, 43 and 46, were arrested for illegal mining and for being illegally in the country after they failed to produce documentation that allowed them to be in the country.

“The police confiscated wooden frame sieves, generators, jack hammer with drills, electric cords, and an okapi knife found in the possession of the suspects,” said Shemane.

He said Operation Vala Umgodi multi-disciplinary teams remain committed in eradicating and intensifying efforts in eliminating illicit mining activities and other related crimes in Frances Baard and Namakwa Districts. Shemane said information related to criminal activities can be reported via the MySAPS App or 08600 10111.

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