47 Nigerians and Burkinabes arrested for engaging in galamsey

Evans Annang 09:33 - 06 March 2019

Galamsey

Anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Vanguard, has arrested forty-seven Nigerian and Burkinabes for engaging in<a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/use-anas-principle-to-sanction-corrupt-officials-in-galamsey-expose-mahama-to-nana/psbwjg5" id="77a9e7fd-6130-462a-a360-8ef8671f1272"> galamsey.</a>

They were swooped in a joint operation at the Kwabeng District Police at Asamama in the Atiwa West District.

Among the things seized from the suspects were 48 complete sets of gold detecting machines, cash sums of GHS 6,155.00, CFA 69,000, Guinea Franc (GNF) 30,000.00, as well as eight new batteries, two headsets and 41 pickaxes.

The suspects are currently in police custody and the operation was led by Commanding Officer, Captain Obed Asante and the Kwabeng District Police Commander, DSP Harold Opoku Yamoah.