The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has arrested two Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in illegal mining, known as galamsey.

This follows the taskforce’s raid on illegal mining sites in Subrisu during the late hours of December 8, 2025.

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According to a report by anti-galamsey advocate and campaigner Erastus Asare Donkor on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the arrested suspects were caught by NAIMOS actively engaging in galamsey along the Subri River at Bekwai Subrisu in the Western Region.

The suspects were also reported to have been using excavators and other mining equipment, causing pollution to the river.

According to Asare Donkor, other rivers connected to the Subri River in the area have also been affected, with surrounding lands degraded.

Providing the update, he said, “On Monday 8 December 2025 at about 1030hrs, troops of the National Anti Illegal Mining Operations (NAIMOS)Taskforce conducted raids on illegal mining sites at SUBRISU during which the troops arrested two (2) Chinese nationals who were caught actively mining using two (2) excavators and other mining equipment along the SUBRI River at Bekwai Subrisu in the Western Region.”

NAIMOS also destroyed water pumping machines and dismantled metallic gold-trapping platforms used by the illegal miners.

“The activities of the 2 Chinese Galamseyers and others had severely polluted the River Subri and other water bodies within the general area, with several portions of the lands also badly degraded.

“During the NAIMOS raids, several metallic gold trapping platforms used by the illegal miners were pulled down while three (3) heavy duty water pumping machines were destroyed to incapacitate the nefarious activities of the illegal miners,” Donkor stated.

The taskforce has since handed the two Chinese nationals over to the Immigration Service for further action.

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“The two Chinese Galamseyers have since been conveyed to Accra and safely handed over to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for necessary action. Meanwhile, NAIMOS continues its nationwide crackdown on illegal mining activities to restore sanity in the Country’s mining sector,” his update added.



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