Police found bags containing gold-bearing material soil in a taxi. Photo submitted.
Krugersdorp Police arrested three men aged between 19 and 26 for the illegal possession of gold-bearing material in the CBD on Monday, March 14.
Krugersdorp Police spokesperson Captain Raymond Sebonyane explained that the arrests were made while conducting patrols. and during a stop-and-search operation across town.
“At the corner of Fountain and Halse Streets, members spotted a suspicious white taxi with three unknown male occupants. They stopped and searched the vehicle.
Police found 55 bags containing gold-bearing material. The three men were unable to produce any documentation for possessing or transporting gold-bearing material, and they were arrested and placed in the police cells.”
The suspects are set to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrates’ Court soon.
Police found 55 bags of gold-bearing material during a stop-and-search in the Krugersdorp CBD. Photo submitted.Police found 55 bags of gold-bearing material during a search in the Krugersdorp CBD. Photo submitted.Police found 55 bags of gold-bearing material during a search in the Krugersdorp CBD. Photo submitted.
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For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
