Some 200 military personnel have been deployed to crackdown on illegal mining popularly known as Galamsey.
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, announced this in a statement.
In the statement dated April 28, 2021, Government indicated that the soldiers commenced their operations around 6:00am today.
“The two hundred (200) officers of the GHANA Armed Forces are involved in the operations,” it said.
Below is the full statement
By Melvin Tarlue