16,290 illegal miners arrested in Zimbabwe
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested 16,290 illegal miners – mostly gold panners – in a countrywide blitz that began just over a month ago, the official media reported today.
More than three kilos of gold, about 470 tonnes of gold ore, 4,876 diamonds and 20 emeralds were recovered, police spokesman Oliver Mandipaka told The Herald, a government newspaper.
