The Department also briefed the Committee about the recruitment agency that recruited approximately 25 people in Lesotho and kept them in one big house while they were preparing for their passports to come to South Africa. These people were from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and other African countries and they were robbing the country of its resources. Some of the school children residing at G-Hostel and surroundings are also trained to be involved in the criminal activities. According to SAPS some of the illegal miners were people that were retrenched in South Africa who are now also digging in Lesotho, which meant that the recruitment agency recruited experienced miners. It was reported that youngsters of 18 years old were driving BMWs and Mercedes Benzes and that when the police arrest them they are released into their parents' custody.