The miners were arrested during a multiple disciplinary operation to clamp down on illegal mining activities in the province. The illegal miners were arrested in the early hours of Friday at the Sc.
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Mining equipment worth more than R9m was seized from chrome and gold illegal mines in the Rustenburg area of North West province by the the Hawks Serious Organised Crime Investigation unit on 27 July.