The Spring police seized illegal mining equipment, arrested four men and ceased detonators during an operation in Everest held today (October 29).
Captain Thabo Maake with some of the illegal mining equipment ceised.
Electronic scales used to weigh the end product after being mined illegally.Some of the equipment used for illegal mining and the rough product in a bucket.Gumboots in a wheelbarrow,used by the illegal miners.Lead balls used to grind the material into a fine powder.A bakkie load of illegal mining equipment ready to be taken to a scrapyard to be destroyed.The frames used as part of the illegal mining structures.Water pipes and other equipment used during an illegal mining process.The bulk of the gas bottles used to put the rough material in before it is refined.Constable JP Nichols with the detonators found during a SAPS operation held in Everest.
