{"id":45759,"date":"2022-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/?guid=7fba4446e4af99245441d29000718f28"},"modified":"2022-07-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T00:00:00","slug":"six-suspects-arrested-during-an-operation-to-restrain-illegal-mining-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricavoice.com\/six-suspects-arrested-during-an-operation-to-restrain-illegal-mining-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Six suspects arrested during an operation to restrain illegal mining networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MPUMALANGA &#8211; Six suspects, Godfrey Siyabonga Sithole (45), Godfrey Mongezi (32) Zimbabwean, Simone Tobias Macha (25), Mozambican, Bagayi John Shongwe (77) , Musa Matimela (58), and Nkosinathi Vilakazi (25) appeared in Kabokweni Magistrate court on Friday, 22 July 2022 after they were arrested during a multidisciplinary intelligence driven operation  conducted by the Hawks Nelspruit based Serious Organised Crime Investigation together with National Intervention Unit , Tactical Response Team and Department of Home Affairs based in Nelspruit on the same day in Matsulu C.<\/p>\n<p>The six were arrested for illegal possession of gold bearing materials and illegal dealing in gold in two separate premises respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The joint operation was aimed at disrupting illegal mining activities around Mpumalanga. During the operation two laboratories processing gold bearing materials were dismantled respectively. Numerous mining equipment, implements and a vehicle were seized for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The six are remanded in custody and the case is postponed to 25 July 2022 for legal representatives and further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Provincial Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Major General Zodwa Mokoena expressed her sincere gratitude and appreciation to all role-players who participated in the execution of the operation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MPUMALANGA &#8211; Six suspects, Godfrey Siyabonga Sithole (45), Godfrey Mongezi (32) Zimbabwean, Simone Tobias Macha (25), Mozambican, Bagayi John Shongwe (77) , Musa Matimela (58), and Nkosinathi Vilakazi (25) appeared in Kabokweni Magistrate court on Frid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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