Five Chinese illegal miners arrested at Amansie West

llegal mining (galamsey) operations are continuing to be especially important in Amansie West District of Ashanti region by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) to stop it.

We Friday, five Chinese nationals have been arrested in a two-day operation in the district and have been handed over to Obuasi district police command.

Four of them are arrested at Asaaman and all under the district.

They are to be sent to the Ghana Immigration Headquarters on Monday for possible repatriation.

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The head of the monitoring team of the committee Mr Francis Assibi Abu, said the IMCIM was committed to illegal mining.

He said the committee was re-strategizing to fight the crime since the miscreants continue to adopt sophisticated methods to outwit them.

Mr Assibi Abu, advised all hands to the Chinese to stop in their own interest before the law catches up with them.

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