More mining equipment was seized during the multidisciplinary disruptive operation led by Polokwane based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation.
Assisted by the Hawks’ Head Office, Department of Mineral Resource and Energy, Department of Home Affairs, Limpopo Illegal Mining Task Team, Public Order Policing, Provincial Organised Crime, and State Security Agency at Ga-Manyaka outside Burgersfort on Sunday, 21 May 2023.
During the operation the team managed to seize the following mining equipment:
23 wheelbarrows, 5 jack hammers, a chain, 3 generators, 3 pickaxes, 5 hammers, a spade, a shovel and a crowbar valued at more than R111 000-00.
