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An anti-galamsey task force made up of the Kotoku Environmental taskforce has arrested 20 suspected illegal miners at New Abirem in the Eastern Region.
Eighteen Ghanaians and two Chinese illegal miners were arrested in the Birim North District for engaging in illegal mining.
The miners were arrested at mining sites in Abirem Roman Missionary House Down.
The Kotoku Environmental Task Force retrieved 2 excavators, Mining equipment, and 2 pumping machines in a special operation on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
In an amateur video, the Birem North DCE Raymond Nana Damptey is seen trying to prevent the task force from stopping those illegal miners from bringing that equipment to the site.
The suspects are currently in police custody.
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