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What we do is that when we arrest illegal miners on the site, we hand them over to the Police and the Police takes over from there.»
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«The tactics of deploying military men to arrest illegal miners is not the way to go because my government has done it before but failed.
This brings the total number of arrested illegal miners to one hundred and eighty three.
Meanwhile, the Upper East Regional Police Command is yet to start arresting illegal miners dotted across the region.
Not exact matches
At least 90 illegal miners have so far been arrested.
«We have arrested as many as 90 suspected illegal miners.
Their operations have resulted in the arrest of at least 600 illegal miners including foreign nationals, particularly Chinese.
The Chinese illegal miners and their Ghanaian accomplices who were arrested on River Ankobra in the Western Region last Friday, appeared at the Sekondi High Court on Monday [March 27th 2017], where they were remanded into police custody to reappear on April 10, 2017.
Following the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources» declaration of a 21 - day ultimatum to all illegal miners to cease their operations and surrender their equipment, a number of significant actions took place, including arrests of some defiant illegal miners.
The task force since its composition last year has arrested some 983 illegal miners, violating the government's ban on small - scale mining.
A police source told DAILY GUIDE that when the security agents got to the site, the illegal miners took to their heels, but the law enforcers managed to grab 26 of them on the spot, while the other 11 were arrested at Akyem Osenase in a different operation on the same day.
DAILY GUIDE learnt that the illegal miners, numbering over 78, on Tuesday clashed with military and police officers when they stormed the Akyem Dompeh mining site to cause their arrest.
Coincidentally, it was at a time when some Chinese illegal miners had been arrested in the Western Region for mining in the River Ankobrah.
The miners were arrested in some illegal mining areas in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions.
Government's anti-illegal mining task force, Operation Vanguard has arrested some ninety three illegal miners.
Operation Vanguard as of September 2017 had arrested 362 suspected illegal miners including some Chinese nationals, and had seized a number of mining equipment.
Ten Chinese illegal Miners have been arrested by police in Tarkwa in the Western Region.
Other Chinese illegal miners have already been arrested in other areas including Kyebi in Eastern Region for engaging in illegal mining.
When we checked, it was the joint force that was arresting people who are alleged to have resisted the Chinese illegal miners».
Fourteen illegal miners operating on the Offin River at Manso Keniago in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have been arrested.
The Mission said government must minimize the mass arrest of illegal miners and...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, on Tuesday arrested seven illegal gold miners in Itagunmodi community, Atakumosa West local Government area of the State.
«We think it is very important that any operation against illegal mining should be carried out in line with Ghanaian laws and international recognized norms, the mass arrest and media hype should be minimized, the cases should be dealt with on individual base and the legitimate rights of the miners should be respected,» it said.
The arrest followed the launch of «Operation Final War» by the Amansie West District of Ashanti region, meant to launch a final onslaught on recalcitrant illegal miners and bring them to face the law.
The Mission said government must minimize the mass arrest of illegal miners and deal with culprits on individual basis.
The latest arrest brings to 461 the number of illegal miners arrested so far.
The National Commander of the government's anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard, has expressed frustration with what he says is the slow pace of prosecution of illegal miners arrested by the task - force.
According to him, over a thousand illegal miners have been arrested since the task - force started its work, but less than hundred of them have so far been convicted.
Sixty - four (64) illegal miners have been apprehended and arrested by government's anti-galamsey task - force, Operation Vanguard.
The outgoing Commander of Operation Vanguard, Colonel William Agyapong, has expressed worry about the weight of punishment meted out to illegal miners arrested by the anti-galamsey task - force.
Ninety - nine (99) illegal miners including 61 Chinese, have been arrested by government's anti-galamsey task - force, Operation Vanguard.
The teams have so far arrested over 100 illegal miners in Eastern, Western and Ashanti regions since they began their work some two weeks ago.
It has so far arrested 362 suspected illegal miners including some Chinese nationals, and has seized a number of mining equipment.
Speaking on the arrests, Major Pabi, said, «as at yesterday morning, we had made 328 arrests of illegal miners who are flouting the President's directive against illegal mining.
In an interview with Citi News» Kojo Agyeman, the Public Relations Officer for Operation Vanguard, Major Gariba Pabi, said «so far we've arrested 294 illegal miners as of this morning [Tuesday].»
When asked how the dangerous effects of galamsey could be resolved, Mr. Fiati said the only way is to arrest, prosecute and jail illegal miners to serve as deterrent to others.
More and more miners are arrested because of the illegal activities.