The illegal miners are also armed hence shootouts have been reported between the police and illegal miners on some occasions. This has led to mining companies employing the services of private security firms to bring the illegal miners to the surface where they can be arrested by the police. It has also been reported that illegal miners are paying bribes to the security guards to obtain access to the disused mines. Once the offenders are arrested, the only charge provided by the criminal justice system for engaging in illegal mining is trespass, which carries a lesser fine and does not act as a deterrent. Therefore illegal miners find it easy to pay the fine or serve a short sentence and return to illegal mining.