The Western Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has announced interim plans to deploy security personnel to patrol the Bonsa River in the Tarkwa -Nsuaem municipality.
The move follows an intensive coordinated operations launched by the Western Naval Command (WNC), the Takoradi Air Force Base, and Western Central Command of the Ghana Police Service, at multiple sites, to clamp down on illegal mining activities, referred to as galamsey, in the region.
In all, five excavators were seized while eight pumping machines were burnt, with one tricycle and one motorcycle used in illegal mining activities along the Bonsa River, confiscated on Thursday, by the joint security operation at Asuoso, Bonsawire, and Bonsa.
The Western Regional Minister, Joseph Nelson, who is also the Chairman of REGSEC, in another operation, led the security personnel to arrest Joshua Boateng, 20, an excavator apprentice, Joshua Kyere Ishmael, 24, washing bay operator and Godwin Bagbetor, 29, a taxi driver, along the Bonsa River.
