By SILUMESI MALUMOFOREIGN ERS who have been carrying out illegal gold mining at Kasenseli have been arrested and awaiting to appear in court, Mwinilunga District Commissioner Arnot Mapulanga has confirmed.Mr Mapulanga added, however, that police officers who were conniving with the foreign nationals had fled the scene.He said the foreigners were apprehended on Saturday by some residents who were alerted of illegal activities which had been taking place at Kasenseli.Mr Mapulanga said in an interview yesterday that the foreigners were in police custody and awaiting to appear in court soon.He said the area was lately flooded by foreign national who were stealing gold but this trend would be eradicated in the area.He said the people in the area were alert and anyone found engaging in illegality would be arrested and dealt with accordingly.“Our patriotic citizens went into the mine to arrest our police officers who are involved in illegalities but the officers escaped.“The people moved […]
Gold: foreigners nabbed
