The Marine Police Unit and other security officials from Western Region have arrested nine (9) persons for illegally mining on the Ankobrah River.
The nine – five Chinese and four Ghanaians were arrested by the police at while dredging the bed of the river for gold.
Adom TV’s Okyeame Amoako Darkwa who was with the combined security force when they stormed the hub of the miners said the illegal miners made use of 34 heavy duty dredging machines.
According to him, the galamseyers used the heavy dredging machines as their homes.
“They deposited the leftover of their foods into the river and also excreted into the river body as well…,” he said.
The nine have been taken to the Takoradi for questioning.
Source: adomonline
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Issue an Executive Order (Trump Style) banning illegal mining and suspend or cancel all mining permits issued. After this the security forces should go after anyone who flouts the order.
The galamsey menace is already out of hand and all must help to bring to the barest minimum in the near future. We cant wait till we start importing fresh waters from neighboring countries.The time to stop stop them is now. Environmental awareness clubs must be formed to create the needed awareness and sensitization.
DEPORT THEM ASAP
Massa; do you think you can go to China and sheet in their rivers ; throw waste in their rivers and dredge for gold ; YOU MUST BE KIDDING !!!!!!: but Ghana YES you can do that because these chinesse are investors whilst sheeting on Ghanaians ; Ghanaian Chiefs and cvil servants will allow anything because these so called Chinese investors are providing jobs whilst those down stream drink their faeces ; for all you know Nana Addo the Presidenyt is drinking their sheet or faeces ; FRANKLY THIS MUST STOP AND NANA SHOULD ARREST ANY CHIEFS WHO ALLOW THIS GALAMASY BUSINESS : WE SHOULD JAIL AND DEPORT THEM but YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN THE POLICE WILL TAKE 'NOKOFIO' AND ALLOW THESE CHINESE TO SHEET ON GHANAIANS UNDER THE GUISE OF INVESTORS !!!!!!
Seize all their properties,jail them for 2 years take their biometric then deport them.
good move. this is what some of us want
We must be ruthless with these ***barred word*** foreigners. These Chinese must be jailed and deported after their jail terms.
this is the kind of news we are itching to hear: action against these illegal Chinese miners. deport them immediately
Seize all their belongings and repatriate them.these yellow Chinese midgets are degrading our environment.