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Various law enforcement agencies, including police, Ekurhuleni metro police, Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens and officials from the passenger rail agency PRASA officials swooped on illegal mining operations in the Makause informal settlement on Tuesday.
He has been asked to depose next week in state capital Ranchi and record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said. The case in which he has been called was not known immediately.
Most of the minerals are exported to neighboring China.
This happaned during an anti-illegal mining raid led by Joburg Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku on Sunday.
Police minister Bheki Cele has warned zama zamas operating in Riverlea, Johannesburg, to come out from underground as all of the holes dug up for illegal mining will soon be permanently closed.