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General News of Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Source: starrfm.com.gh
2019-03-19
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Fifty-nine nationals from neighboring African countries were arrested by a team of police and immigration officers in Adum Banso, Mpohor District, Western Region.
Beatrice Okpoti, Deputy Commissioner for Immigration (ACI), reported that the Mpohor District Security Council (DISEC) had conducted an operation on 19 March 2019 and arrested fifty-nine (9) (59) foreign nationals composed of Nigeriens, Burkinabe and Beninese and their nine (9) Ghanaian counterparts.
It stated that the suspects were primarily engaged in open pit mining operations, using a device to detect gold in the farms of people without the permission of the district badembly or license issued by their respective organizations.
Empire News believes that suspects almost lynched farmers after discovering that they were illegally mining on their farms.
Chief Superintendent Henrietta Ampabeng, who is in charge of law enforcement, revealed that the suspects had been arrested after reading vital information provided by residents after monitoring their illegal operations in the district. from Mpohor. pbadports after their initial investigation. The suspects are between 20 and 37 years old.
Mpohor District is one of the areas hardest hit by the illegal mining threat.
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