Songo: A group of 48, national and foreign citizens, who were engaged in illegal gold exploration, in the municipality of Songo, in the province of Uge, were arrested, in recent days, by the local National Police (PN).
According to Angola Press News Agency, during the working visit of the minister of the Interior, Manuel Homem, to the province of Uge, in January this year, the governor of this province, Jos© Carvalho da Rocha, denounced the illegal exploration of diamonds in the municipality of Songo.
Speaking to ANGOP on Tuesday, Feb 11, the PN spokesperson in Uge, chief superintendent Freitas Zama, said that these are national citizens from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea Conakry, Mauritania and Senegal.
Freitas Zama confirmed that these citizens were engaged in illegal gold exploration in the town of Terra Prometida (Promised Land), which is more than 20 km from the Songo's municipal headquarters.
Freitas Zama added that the police operation also resulted in the seizure of 3 vehicles, 4 motor bombs and other means.