Dundo – Forty-nine diamond stones of various carats were seized by the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), during a micro-operation, in the municipality of Lucapa, province of Lunda-Norte.
The information was provided Tuesday, in Dundo, by the technician from the Institutional Communication and Press Office of the Provincial Command of the National Police, Alexandre Pereira, highlighting that the diamonds were in the possession of citizens who were engaged in illegal mining.
He added that the diamonds will be handed over to the “Operation Transparency” Listing Committee.
In the same operation, 542 citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were arrested for illegally entering and staying in the national territory.
After the technical and administrative procedures, the immigrants, who intended to settle in diamond exploration areas in Angola, were repatriated to their country of origin, through the border posts of Chitato, Cuango, Lóvua, Caungula and Cambulo. JVL/HD/DOJ
