Sixty excavators used by illegal miners have been confiscated by the Anti-Galamsey Taskforce as part of the operations to rid the country of illegal miners.
The confiscation followed multiple operations conducted by the taskforce in some of the highly endemic illegal mining communities across the country.
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Armah Kofi-Buah, who disclosed this at a news briefing in Accra yesterday, said the confiscated machines would be deployed to rural communities for the reshaping and upgrading of their roads.
Some of the seized excavators Mr Armah-Kofi Buah speaking during the programme The joint press briefing by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Environment, and Technology was to update the public the measures the government have taken to curb illegal mining and sanitise the sector.
