Four suspects have been arrested after 14 bodies believed to be of illegal miners were found in Benoni in Gauteng last week.

“The victims and the suspects are all Lesotho nationals.

“One of the suspects was arrested in South Africa and the three others were nabbed  in Lesotho.

SAPS said it is in discussions with  Interpol colleagues to facilitate the extradition of those in Lesotho.

The guns found in the possession of the suspects in Lesotho were confiscated.  Three of the suspects have already been found guilty in a Lesotho court on charges of possession of unlicensed firearms.

Those firearms would be brought back to South Africa for ballistics testing to determine if they were used in the murders here, he added.