South Africa's hunt for 'Tiger' - alleged illegal mining kingpin (www.bbc.com)
from TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 04 Jun 00:12
https://lemmy.world/post/30757608

Nobody in South Africa seems to know where Tiger is.

The 42-year-old from neighbouring Lesotho, whose real name is James Neo Tshoaeli, has evaded a police manhunt for the past four months.

Detained after being accused of controlling the illegal operations at an abandoned gold mine near Stilfontein in South Africa, where 78 corpses were discovered underground in January, Tiger escaped custody, police allege.

Four policemen, alleged to have aided his breakout, are out on bail and awaiting trial, but the authorities appear no closer to learning the fugitive’s whereabouts.

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