The police arrested nine suspects, aged between 18 and 33, in Elandshoek near Nelspruit and Mashoboto, Schoemanskloof informal settlement area on Thursday, 15 May 2025, during the ongoing Op... Read more
The multidisciplinary operation Vala Umgodi continues to make good progress in the Free State Province. Combat operators team received a #TipOff from the community about #IllegalMining activ... Read more
Operation Vala Umgodi continues its relentless efforts to combat illegal mining activities across the Frances Baard and Namakwa Districts in the Northern Cape. During weekend operations that... Read more
On Tuesday 06 May 2025 between the hours of 10:00 and 15:00, the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Intervention Unit Officers in conjunction with EMPD K9 Unit Officers, arrest... Read more
A multi-disciplinary team executing Operation Vala Umgodi in the Northern Cape successfully apprehended two suspects during a routine patrol of the Ikapa mining area on Friday, 02 May 2025.... Read more
The ongoing Operation Vala Umgodi conducted in the province, resulted in the apprehension of ten (10) suspects aged between 21 and 54, for charges of illegal mining and contravention of immi... Read more
Three suspects, aged between 22 and 25 were arrested by law enforcement agencies on Tuesday, 01 April 2025 during Operation Vala Umgodi in Barberton. During an intelligence-driven operation... Read more
Vala Umgodi Operation members in Mopani District nabbed a male suspect aged 28 for illegally mining sand at Molati illegal site, in Letsitele Policing area, on Tuesday, 11 March 2025, at aro... Read more
Members of Limpopo SAPS Vala Umgodi Operations continue to make impact as the members arrested three suspects aged between 40 and 49, at Bergenek illegal mining site, in Westenburg policing... Read more
The Northern Cape multi-disciplinary Operation Vala Umgodi team, tasked to combat illicit mining activities, executed actions from Saturday, 01 March 2025 in the Frances Baard district. Thes... Read more
