Ghana
ANTI-GALAMSEY TASKFORCE DESTROYS VEHICLES, MOTORBIKES AND STRUCTURES AT WASSA ESAMAN AS 20 SUSPECTS ARE ARRESTED IN FOREST RESERVE CRACKDOWN
An anti-galamsey operation at Wassa Esaman in the Mpohor Wassa East District of the Western Region has resulted in the arrest of 20 suspected illegal miners and the destruction or immobilization of vehicles, motorcycles, changfang machines, pumps and temporary structures inside the Subri Forest Reserve. Forestry Commission officials say illegal mining has seriously affected seven of the Western Region’s 19 forest reserves, while 159 people have been arrested in forest-related galamsey operations this year and 36 cases are currently before the courts.
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