Two illegal miners caught with Chrome worth millions granted bail

Two suspected illegal miners had been granted R5000 each by the Praktiseer Magistrate’s court outside Burgersfort in Limpopo.

Justine Mitchell and Gerry Mitchell were arrested for alleged possession of chrome valued at over R20 million last Friday.

The pair made their first court appearance facing charges of illegal mining and possession of suspected stolen chrome among others.

Their case has been postponed to the 27th and 28th of January next year at the Burgersfort Regional Court.

The Hawks are confident that investigations will uncover other suspects involved in the operation.

Hawks Limpopo Spokesperson, Lethunya Mmuroa, says “At the moment, we cannot say if there are links with the illegal mining activities that are happening in Sekhukhune and if we find that there are, we will make more arrests.”

#sapsHAWKS Limpopo: Two alleged #IllegalMining kingpins arrested by the #Hawks. The male suspects, aged 63 and 31, were arrested in Burgersfort on 13/09, for alleged possession of suspected property (chrome) valued at over R20 Mil. MEhttps://t.co/aSTVffSgQn pic.twitter.com/bpdSj7m2PI

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