City of Johannesburg's PR region councillor and Riverlea resident, Theo Doyle, said: 'As the Minister of Police Bheki Cele promised, we can see some movement here, we have law enforcement on the ground confiscating equipment of these illegal miners'
While the teams were searching and using drones to scout the illegal miners at the dumps, gunshots were fired and the special task force national intervention unit as well as tactical response team confronted the zama zamas.One suspect that was arrested during the raids told City Press that he is a Zimbabwean national and is married with two children. He said others managed to get away and he did not think that running to Zamimpilo would get him caught. Saps in the Zamimpilo inofrmal settlement.
“I am traumatised and scared, my children want me to move out of here, because they do not want me to live here, where all this is happening, I hope that Bheki [Cele] keeps his word, as he was here on Monday and promised police visibility.”
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