Police in the Northern Cape conduct a stop and search operation in one of the five districts they targeted as part of Operation Shanyela.A multi-disciplinary team including officials from the SANDF, Home Affairs and the police Crime Prevention Unit have arrested several foreign nationals in various districts of the Northern Cape.Fifteen undocumented immigrants were arrested at checkpoints at the Port Nolloth-Kleinsee intersection and in the Bontakoe informal settlement.
Their arrest comes barely a week after 95 Libyans were arrested following a raid at clandestine military camp in White River, Mpumalanga.Provincial police spokesperson Sergeant Timothy Sam says the officials in the Northern Cape also confiscated mining equipment during the arrests. “The police remain committed to working with all relevant stakeholders to address the challenges of illegal mining in the Northern Cape. The suspects are detained in order to be processed and verified by the Department of Home Affairs Immigration Services officials before being formally charged and presented to court for deportation,” he said.
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