Five illegal diamond dealers arrested
Lusanda Bill
30 September 2010
Five illegal diamond dealers have been arrested by undercover police officers.
The five men offered to pay R120 000 for raw uncut diamonds.
The syndicate included two foreigners a Zambian and a Zimbabwean as well as a man who claimed to be a jewellery shop owner and diamond evaluator at Musgrave Centre.
Police spokesman Captain Khephu Ndlovu said police officers had been following the suspects for a few hours and managed to make a breakthrough in the case after they presented themselves as potential clients on Wednesday.
He said a man approached police earlier in the week and told them he had bought an uncut diamond for R9 000. Captain Ndlovu added that informant and the officer had been selling the raw diamond for R285 000, but the evaluator and the Zambian offered R30 000 for it. The men agreed on a higher price and set up a meeting.
The undercover cops found the diamonds on one of the suspects.
30 September 2010
Five illegal diamond dealers have been arrested by undercover police officers.
The five men offered to pay R120 000 for raw uncut diamonds.
The syndicate included two foreigners a Zambian and a Zimbabwean as well as a man who claimed to be a jewellery shop owner and diamond evaluator at Musgrave Centre.
Police spokesman Captain Khephu Ndlovu said police officers had been following the suspects for a few hours and managed to make a breakthrough in the case after they presented themselves as potential clients on Wednesday.
He said a man approached police earlier in the week and told them he had bought an uncut diamond for R9 000. Captain Ndlovu added that informant and the officer had been selling the raw diamond for R285 000, but the evaluator and the Zambian offered R30 000 for it. The men agreed on a higher price and set up a meeting.
The undercover cops found the diamonds on one of the suspects.
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