General News of Tuesday, 19 March 2019Source: starrfm.com.gh59 foreign nationals arrested for galamseyGovernment is making efforts to curb the menace of galamsey in the countryFifty-nine foreign nationals from neighbouring African countries have been arrested by a team of police and Immigration officers at Adum Banso in the Mpohor district in the Western Region. Briefing Empire News in Takoradi, Head of Operations at the Western Regional Office of Ghana Immigration Service, Assistant Commissioner Immigration (ACI) Beatrice Okpoti said the Mpohor District Security Council (DISEC) conducted an operation on March 19th, 2019 and arrested fifty- nine (59) foreign nationals made up of Nigeriens, Burkinabes and Beninois and their nine (9) Ghanaian counterparts. Empire News gathers that some farmers were nearly lynched by the suspects after they discovered they were mining illegally in their farms. The suspects are between the ages of 20 and 37. The Mpohor district is one of the areas hard hit by the illegal mining menace.

Source: GhanaWeb March 19, 2019 11:48 UTC