Monrovia – Eleven Ghanaian ‘illegal gold and diamond miners’ have been arrested in Bong County by a joint operation comprising the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy. The accused illegal miners were handcuffed and made to line up on Friday at the Ministry of Mines and Energy and later turned over to the Ministry of Justice for further investigation and prosecution. The men, he added, do not have any residential document and were arrested at two locations in Bong County called samba and Wologbah. He called for sustained collective effort among the relevant agencies including the Liberia Immigration Services (LIS) and the Ministry of Justice to stop illicit mining across the country. Currently, the forests and waters across the country are inundated with illicit miners, mostly foreigners with mining equipment like dredges and other harmful substances in search of these valuable resources.

Source: Front Page Africa October 05, 2020 07:18 UTC