Forestry Commission arrests 12 ‘galamseyers’ in dawn swoop in Atewa Forest Reserve
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- Ghana’s Forestry Commission arrested 12 people accused of illegal mining, known locally as galamsey, inside the Atewa Range Forest Reserve.
- The Rapid Response Unit conducted a covert dawn operation near Sagyimase in the Eastern Region.
Twelve people accused of illegal mining have been arrested inside Ghana’s Atewa Range Forest Reserve.
The Forestry Commission’s Rapid Response Unit carried out a joint covert operation at dawn on Thursday near the Sagyimase community, in Compartments 61 and 62 of the Atewa forest reserve.
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