Source: Africa Publicity
Personnel of Ghana’s National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) have arrested 32 Nigerians and nine Ghanaians for allegedly engaging in illegal gold mining activities popularly known as galamsey.
NAIMOS made the arrests in a dawn operation carried out in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
NAIMOS seized mining equipment and unspecified amount of cash.
In the Birim North District, the NAIMOS task force arrested five persons, including a foreigner. The suspects were said to be engaged in illegal mining. NAIMOS seized an excavator, cash and other mining-related materials at the site.
The NAIMOS team extended its operations to Osino in the Fanteakwa South District, where a coordinated dawn raid led to the arrest of 36 individuals comprising 32 Nigeriens and four Ghanaians suspected of engaging in illegal mining.
