16,000 arrested in Zimbabwe blitz on illegal gold miners

Zimbabwean police have arrested at least 16,000 suspected gold panners and seized more than three kilogrammes of gold in a sweeping crackdown on illegal miners, a police spokesman has said.
“According to figures coming from our 10 provinces we have so far arrested 16,290 illegal gold panners and dealers since the launch of the current operation,” [...]

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