Ndahiro was arrested red-handed in a coltan and cassiterite concession owned by Eastinco mining company limited located in Mirambi Village, Nyarubuye Cell of Musasa Sector.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Bonaventure Twizere Karekezi, the Police spokesperson for the Western region, said that Ndahiro was at the time found with 7kgs of unprocessed minerals.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice received a call from the mining company that owns the site about a man, who was extracting the minerals in their concession. Police swiftly responded to the information and Ndahiro was arrested at the concession with a sack containing 7kgs of unprocessed minerals,\u201d said CIP Karekezi.<\/p>\n
CIP Karekezi warned against such unlawful activities and urged the public to always report anyone they suspect to be engaged in such illegal acts.<\/p>\n
The suspect was handed over to RIB at Ruhango station for further investigations.<\/p>\n
Article 54 of the law N\u00b0 58\/2018 of 13\/08\/2018 on mining and quarry operations, states that; “any person, who undertakes mineral or quarry exploration, exploitation, processing or trading without a licence, commits an offence.”<\/p>\n
Upon conviction, the offender is liable to imprisonment for a term of between two and six months and a fine of not less than Rwf1 million and not more than Rwf5 million or only one of these penalties.<\/p>\n
The court also orders confiscation of any seized minerals or quarry in storage, trading or processing without a license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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