A dawn operation by the Ashanti Region Anti-Galamsey Taskforce has led to the seizure of thirteen excavators and some arrests in illegal mining sites at the Adansi enclave.
Leader of the task force, Captain (Rtd) John Kwame Jabari, describes the operation as the most successful since the commencement of the fight.
He says all excavators and suspects targeted in their reconnaissance were arrested. "It is the most successful because almost all the sites we went, we were able to pick the machines and arrest the culprits who are involved in the illegal mining activities," he said.
The task force, in efforts to arrest perpetrators of the crime, is formulating new modalities for operation.
