A mining taskforce has arrested 10 illegal Chinese miners within the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region.
The miners, Today gathered, were operating in an abandoned mining tunnel at Efua Ata Kumponasi opposite the Tarkwa Senior High School. According to information available to Today, the miners had connected electric power into the tunnel with live wires along the tunnel to electrocute anybody who attempted to enter to arrest them.
Sources told Today they had also installed secret cameras in the tunnel which enabled them to monitor activities outside. Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Benito Owusu-Bio, who led a team to the place upon a tipoff, told journalists that those arrested would be sent to Accra for further investigations and prosecution.
He stated that government was not perturbed by this development and would continue to fight against illegal mining. According to Mr. Owusu-Bio, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s commitment to halt galamsey in the country has encouraged them to fight against the menace. The President has put his job on the line to show his commitment to ending galamsey.
Earlier this year, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. John Peter Amewu, issued a six-month moratorium on all small-scale miners and ordered all excavators on mining sites to be evacuated.
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