Six Bulawayo suspects who are facing charge of gold panning at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) have been remanded in custody to April 25.
The suspects pleaded not gu!lty when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube last Friday.
According to the State, on March 9 at 3pm, the suspects were c@ught conducting !llegal mining activities in pits inside the university premises.
A team of police details consisting of canine section members raided the site.
Numerous gold panners fled from the scene, but the six were unlucky as they were inside a pit when the police details descended on the site.
They were @rrested as they emerged from the pit.
Source NewsDay
