Regional News of Saturday, 21 March 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comNPP chairman leads police to arrest three suspected illegal miners in Ellembelleplay videoArtisinal miners workingCorrespondence from Western RegionThe Constituency Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, Mr. Samuel Akainyah has led the District Police Command to arrest three suspected illegal miners popularly called “galamseyers” operating in three communities. But in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb's Western Regional Correspondent Daniel Kaku after the arrest at the Esisma Police Station, the NPP Constituency Chairman Samuel Akainyah disclosed why he led the police to arrest the suspected Galamseyers. The Chairman who suspected the DCE might have allowed the galamseyers to return to the sites, called on the three communities to rally behind the government in the fight against illegal mining. The police has promised to investigate the three suspected galamseyers and act accordingly. The galamsey operations were also affecting residents and giving them sleepless nights as the galamsey sites were closer to their places of abode.

Source: GhanaWeb March 21, 2020 15:11 UTC