Since the commencement of the ‘Operation Halt’ exercise, Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame has revealed that 45 people have been charged with unlawful mining in Ghana.
According to the Attorney General, ten Chinese nationals are among the suspects. He said this JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday.
Mr Dame stated “there are five cases involving 45 people, 10 of them are Chinese nationals”. The remark was made in reaction to Dzifa Bampoh, Senior Editor at 3FM, who said on JoyNews’ Newfile that little progress has been made in the galamsey struggle.
Dzifa Bampoh had contended that, though government has put in various measures to battle the canker, the number of arrests made in relation to the galamsey fight is a drop in the ocean.
But in response, the Attorney General, said government is on course in the fight against the menace.
He said “arrests are being made everyday. Recently, government adopted the burning of excavators as part of measures to deal with the canker. This is being executed by the Operation Halt task force which began operations in late April after being launched“.
