Operation Prosper continues to record significant successes in disrupting illegal mining activities in Gauteng [SOUND]

# Police say Operation Prosper continues to record significant successes in disrupting illegal mining activities and dismantling criminal syndicates operating in abandoned and active mining areas in Gauteng. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says 20 illegal miners were arrested in the province on Friday, of whom 19 are illegal foreign nationals. She says between April and June this year, 793 suspects, including 595 illegal immigrants were arrested during the joint operations conducted by police and South African National Defence Force in Gauteng: