Correspondence from the Eastern Region An anti-galamsey task force, made up of the Kotoku Environmental Task Force, has arrested 20 suspected illegal miners at New Abirem in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region.
The special operation, carried out on Saturday, October 12, 2024, resulted in the arrest of 18 Ghanaians and two Chinese nationals who were engaged in illegal mining.
The miners were apprehended at sites near the Abirem Roman Missionary House.
During the operation, the task force retrieved two excavators, mining equipment, and two pumping machines.