An alleged illegal mining kingpin has been killed in Soweto, police have confirmed.
Deployed as part of Operation Vala Umgodi, South African police’s National Intervention Unit traced the Lesotho national to Jabulani.
The man is believed to be linked to at least twenty-nine illegal mining-related murders in Florida and Nomzamo in Soweto, where sixteen people were killed at a local tavern.
He was shot and killed by police after pointing a firearm and resisting arrest at his hideout.
As part of the nationwide tracing operations, law enforcement seized 7130 uncut diamonds valued at an estimated R32 million.
Operation Vala Umgodi registers ‘commendable progress’
The campaign is operating in seven provinces identified as illegal mining hotspots, including Gauteng Mpumalanga, and Limpopo.
A tracing operation conducted in Limpopo and the Northern Cape last week yielded the arrest of 62 and nine illegal mining suspects, respectively.
The same multi-disciplinary team seized R1 million in cash during the raid of a house in Carletonville in April. Explosives, digging equipment were also confiscated from the house.
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