Luxury vehicles seized in police raid
One of the suspected kingpins of illegal mining lived in the lap of luxury while surrounded by poverty in the mining town of Carletonville.
The 37-year-old Mozambican national bought a two-bedroom RDP house 12 years ago and, apparently through his illicit dealings, managed to turn it into a small castle with four-bedrooms, two bathrooms fitted with gold granite walls and sunken corner baths, seven CCTV cameras, a high facebrick security wall with eight built-in flower boxes outside. His driveway and a garage could fit his four luxury vehicles — a VW Amarok, WV T-Roc, Ford Ranger and an Audi S3. The vehicles were seized...
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