Two miners were on Tuesday fined after they admitted to stealing a quantity of raw gold and a magic mat from a dredge owner in a Mahdia backdam.
Emmanuel Cambridge and Travis Walton admitted to stealing 24 pennyweights of raw gold, valued at $240,000, and a magic mat, valued at $7,000, from Ravina Ramjit.
Both men pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown.
Prosecutor Arvin Moore told the court that on September 16, Ramjit posted her workers to guard the magic mats and they discovered one of them missing.
A report was made to the police.