The anti-galamsey task force, Operation Vanguard, recently expressed unhappiness about what it said was the courts leniency in dealing with
illegal miners brought before them.
Not exact matches
This
brings the total number of arrested
illegal miners to one hundred and eighty three.
Pressure group, OccupyGhana is raising concerns with the laxity of the immigration charges
brought against some suspected Chinese
illegal miners, thus prompting a petition to the Attorney General's office.
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 latest arrest
brings to 461 the number of
illegal miners arrested so far.
We must, thus, be determined to protect our environment and water bodies by joining hands in the fight against
illegal mining, also known as galamsey, in order to
bring an end to the devastation of some of our landscape, and the pollution of our water bodies, occasioned by the activities of
illegal miners.
Many of these roads will slice into Earth's last wildernesses, where they
bring an influx of destructive loggers, hunters and
illegal miners.