South Africa: Safer Festive Season Operations Continue As Police in Ekurhuleni Disrupt Illegal Mining Activities

[SAPS] Police on Thursday 02 January 2020 continued with safer festive season operations in different parts of Gauteng. A disruptive operation focusing on illegal mining was conducted in Benoni, Ekurhuleni, where police confiscated commercial explosives suspected of being used during the commission of illegal mining, iron pots, gas bottles, phendukas, as well as food items.