Police in Angola confiscated 379 diamonds in the municipalities of Lucapa and Xá-muteba in the Lunda-Norte Province, according to local media reports.
Angola News Agency (Angop) reports that the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) found the diamonds illegally possessed by four citizens from India, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
The confiscation was a result of an operation to combat fuel smuggling, human trafficking as well as illegal diamond mining and immigration.
The police also recovered 200,000 kwanzas ($216), scales, tweezers, and a diamond measuring ruler, among other means used for illegal trafficking.
Angop reports that the diamonds will be taken to the national diamond company of Angola (ENDIAMA).
Mathew Nyaungwa, Editor-In-Chief, Rough & Polished
