The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, has issued a renewed warning to illegal miners and their backers following the arrest of seven Ghanaian men during a recent joint security operation.
Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday, April 14, the minister confirmed that the suspects were apprehended during a special joint mission involving personnel from the First Infantry Battalion of the Ghana Armed Forces, the Southern Command, and the Eastern Regional Police Command. "Looking at them, we realized they are just workers for some financiers.
These are the people we met at the site, and we arrested them," Awatey revealed.
She emphasized the government's renewed commitment to clamping down on illegal mining-commonly known as galamsey-in the region. "This is a special joint effort," she explained. "We are making sure illegal mining in the region is stopped.
