The , continues in its fight against illegal mining activities across the country from March 2025 to date, the Service has conducted series of anti-galamsey operations in various communities affected by illegal mining activities.
In a special anti-galamsey operations at Samreboi, along the Tano River, Wassa Dunkwa, Tigarikrom and surrounding communities in the Western Region, the Police have so far arrested fifty-eight (58) suspects comprising fifty (50) Ghanaians and eight (8) Chinese in connection with illegal mining activities and retrieved eighty-five (85) excavators and three (3) bulldozers.
Similar anti-galamsey operations have been carried out by various Regional Police Commands across the regions as follows: The Western Regional Police Command has arrested 19 suspects and retrieved three (3) excavators and three (3) pump action guns among other exhibits.
The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested seven (7) Ghanaian suspects and retrieved eleven (11) changfangs and three (3) motorbikes among other exhibits.
