Tag Archives: Illegal Miners

Two illegal miners were ordered to remove mud from sections of the tarred Akrofufu to Twapease road in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. These miners were in the process of transporting materials via a truck vehicle from their mining site near the roadside, which resulted in the …

The district chief executive for Fanteakwa South in the Eastern Region, hon Ernest Ofosu has warned illegal miners, popularly known as galamseyers, to desist from the practice or risk being arrested and prosecuted. According to him, the illegal mining activities had caused extensive damage to the environment, especially water bodies …

Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has called out illegal miners, describing them as a bunch of nation wreckers. She called on law enforcement agencies to ensure persons found engaging in such acts are severely punished when she visited a section of the Offin River at Abompe in …

A police officer stationed at the Sehwi Wiawso Divisional command has drowned in River Sui at Awukukrom in the Suaman District of the Western North Region . The victim, only identified as Lance Corporal Nuhu Abubakar with his colleague security personnel went to the area to stop galamseyers from operating. …

A Military anti-galamsey taskforce , Operation Halt II, have arrested 164 suspected illegal Miners at Anyinam and Mampong in the Eastern Region. The 164 suspects, which comprises of of 159 males and 5 females, local and foreign nationals from Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Ivory Coast were rounded …