Chrome worth R500 000 confiscated by Limpopo SAPS at Atok
The suspect is scheduled to appear in the Sekhukhune Magistrate's Court today, January 13.
Members of the Limpopo Highway Patrol team arrested a 38-year-old suspect and seized chrome worth an estimated street value of R500 000.
The man was apprehended on Wednesday, while travelling along the R37 next to Atok in the Apel policing precinct outside Burgersfort.
“The members were performing their normal patrol duties when they noticed an overloaded tipper truck travelling in the direction of Burgersfort at about 23:00.The truck was stopped and pulled off the road. The driver was questioned about the load and he informed the police that he was transporting chrome that was allegedly gathered by illegal miners at a mine in Atok,” said Limpopo SAPS spokesperson, Brigadier Motlafelo Mojapelo.
The suspect was immediately arrested and the truck was also confiscated. The man is expected to appear in the Sekhukhune Magistrate’s Court today, January 13, facing a charge of unlawful possession of precious metals, chrome. The police investigation continues.
The incident comes a few days after eight suspected zama-zamas allegedly digging for chrome near Ga-Maroga Village, had died when they were trapped underground on Friday.
