According to the spokesman for the provincial delegation of the Ministry of the Interior, Manuel Halaiwa, five nuclei for the illegal exploitation of this metal have been dismantled as part of Operation Transparency carried out in that region.
The person in charge, cited Angop, said that two vehicles, 15 motorcycles, two grams of supposed gold, 750 kilograms of gravel and exploitation utensils were seized.
Manuel Halaiwa said that the detainees were present at the Public Prosecutor's Office and then criminal proceedings were opened to hold them accountable.
With the start of gold mining in the municipality of Chipindo three years ago and prospecting in 2018 in Jamba, citizens of the provinces of Benguela, Huambo and Luanda resort to these areas for the illicit trafficking of that metal.
In 2019, a landslide caused the death of 16 gold miners in the municipality of Chipindo.