A suspicious-looking female pedestrian walking on the veld alone next to Kingsway mine dumps, was stopped and searched by eye hawked EMPD Tracing Unit Members where explosives and detonators were confiscated.
At 14h30, patrolling Officers thought they were assisting a lost lady, not knowing that a 40-year old female hiking unaccompanied in a remote veldt, was on a mission. The EMPD Squad uncovered x11 tubes of explosives and x11 detonators inside her hand bag. It is suspected that, the explosives are unlawfully obtained and used for illegal mining as well as for Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) bombings.
The Zimbabwean national suspect, was detained at Benoni police station after being charged with illegal possession of explosives. She is expected to appear in the Benoni Magistrate's Court soon.
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