Suspected illegal miners nabbed with mining tools in Limpopo

Three suspected illegal miners found with 45 power generators, 38 jack hammers, nine shovels, three spades, a pick and a hammer will appear in a Limpopo court on Thursday.

The three were arrested during a police operation at Modikwa mountain, just outside Burgersfort in Sekhukhune on Wednesday.

“The provincial task team on illegal mining was conducting targeted operations on illegal mining activities around Modikwa mountain when they noticed a group of people mining on the mountain.