Tag Archives: ILLEGAL

Illegal mining equipment set ablaze

Dozens of barrels of diesel, a boat, chamfan generator and other mining equipment worth thousands of Ghana Cedis have been burnt on the River Offin enclave in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region. The equipment were seized from illegal miners on the River Offin by the Small …

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Four illegal miners jailed 16years, fined GHC96k

Four illegal miners have been jailed four years each by the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ Friday for engaging in galamsey in the Atewa Forest Reserve. Additionally, they were fined Ghc24,000 each. The convicts are Kwaku Ampaabeng,32, ,Kwabena Apaw,39, ,Evans Ahenkorah,33, and Yaw Effah Boateng,51,residents of Akim Oda Nkwanta and Akim …

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