Amaphoyisa abophe owokufika ongenawo amaphepha okuba kulelizwe, kanye nesakhamuzi benenqwaba yamabhomu eNelspruit ngemuva komkhankaso wobunhloli.

I-Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) eMpumalanga abophe amadoda amabili, umuntu wangaphandle oneminyaka engu-37 ubudala ongenazo izincwadi kanye nosakhamuzi waseNingizimu Afrika oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala, ngesikhathi somkhankaso wobunhloli eNelspruit, ngesikhathi abasolwa batholakalwa bephethe iziqhumane ezibiza cishe u-R130,000.

Lo mkhankaso wenziwe yi-Hawks’ Nelspruit Serious Organised Crime Investigation, esekelwa yi-National Crime Intelligence, i-Fidelity Security Services Head Office, i-Fairview Mine kanye ne-Illicit Mining Operation Vikela Barberton. Besebenzisa ulwazi, ithimba lithole abasolwa endaweni yokulinda eceleni komgwaqo i-R40 cishe ngo-15:30.

Amaphoyisa athi abasolwa batholakale ngaphakathi kwegumbi elineziqhumane ezingu-50, amakhatriji okuqhuma angu-80 ahlonzwe njenge-Super Power 90 Zambia, kanye nezintambo zokuxhuma ezingu-32. Kuthathwe ne-Hyundai i20 empunga kanye namaselula amabili. I-Explosives Unit kanye ne-Local Criminal Record Centre bafike endaweni yesehlakalo futhi banikeza usizo olukhethekile.

Abasolwa babhekene namacala okwephula uMthetho Weziqhumane kanye noMthetho Wokufuduka, kanti icala livulwe eSiteshini Samaphoyisa saseNelspruit. Kulindeleke ukuthi bavele phambi kweNkantolo Yemantshi yaseNelspruit uma sebebekwe icala ngokusemthethweni. Inhloko Yesifundazwe saseMpumalanga DPCI, uMajor General Nico Gerber, uncome ithimba elihlanganisa imikhakha eyahlukene ngempendulo yalo kanye nokuphazamiseka kokuba neziqhumane ngokungemthetho okusolwa ukuthi zitholakale.