Police, along with other stakeholders - including officials from the Department of Home Affairs and the De Deur Community Forum - followed up on information about illegal immigrants at a farm in the area.

Upon arrival at said farm, they discovered the illegal operation.

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Subsequently, a 23-year-old Zimbabwean national was arrested, after he could not provide a satisfactory explanation to the police regarding the work being done there.

Police spokesperson Maria Letsele further elaborates that machinery used in the illegal operation were also seized by the police.

Investigations into the matter continue.

OFM News/Paila Chauke