“It was also established that the suspects were allegedly stealing electricity from Eskom to sustain their operations.”
The Zuurbekom plot was raided by the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit, the West Rand Tactical Response Team and Eskom.Five “well-developed” manufacturing operations have been shut down by the Hawks during a raid on an illegal gold-processing refinery on a plot in Zuurbekom, west of Johannesburg.
“It was also established that the suspects were allegedly stealing electricity from Eskom to sustain their operations,” said Capt Ndivhuwo Mulamu. Three suspects, aged between 21 and 47, were arrested on Wednesday. The Hawks worked with the West Rand Tactical Response Team and Eskom.“Two of the suspects were found processing the gold and were apprehended. The plot owner was also arrested for harbouring people who were operating criminal activities on his premises.”
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