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Taskforce arrests 4 illegal miners; sets mining equipment ablaze

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  • Mbah 6 years ago

    Good avenue for members of the dreaded Delta Force and allies to exert their abundant energy.

  • isaidit 6 years ago

    Until some people are made to feel the full rigors of the law these criminals will keep playing hide and seek with the law.

  • Kojo Ekwam USA 6 years ago

    This is foolishness. What authority do they have to arrest people let alone set equipment ablaze. This akin to mob action. These people must be arrested immediately

  • Hm 6 years ago

    I think they did the right thing. We What authority do the illegal miners have to mine and destroy water bodies? we must all stop these illegal miners. I will not be surprised to hear that those miners had the backing of poli ...
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  • Oye Onye Kwasi Atta 6 years ago

    No one has right to to destroy life and properties. Hence citizen arrest is allowed by law but decision to destroy properties is illegal and even needs court order.
    laws enforcement agencies need court order to do that. Eve ...
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  • lone prophet of Jehovah 6 years ago

    THIS IS BECAUSE OUR LAWS ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE COUNTRY.SECONDLY BRIBE AND CORRUPTION IS THE HALLMARK PERIOD SHALOM PEACE

  • Antepim 6 years ago

    This is not foolishness! They are doing the right thing. They turned them over to the police. This is not mob action. The equipments must be destroyed or else the remaining workers can still use it.

  • OBUASI DENKYERA 6 years ago

    But why should an Ashanti regional task force invade our Central region? Are they done solving their problems?

  • Antepim 6 years ago

    At least somebody is doing their job well! You shd be happy they did this.

  • Ibn Adam @ NPP FOUNDING MEMBER@YYZ 6 years ago

    SOME BIG HIDDEN FISHES BEHIND THIS HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED ILLEGAL MINING.

    HEADS MUST ROLL

  • Who Cares. 6 years ago

    Some of our people have a small brains & plain stupid, i don't know why some of our people still want to take the law into their own hands, is a law to stop messing up the forest & our own rivers but, still it's fall to peopl ...
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  • Ab 6 years ago

    We must aim to catch the big fish behind these operation in order to bring them the practice.

  • akila 6 years ago

    Why destroy the equipment when it can be used for productive activities..these people need to act wisely..the same equipment that were purchased with money can be used to generate money elsewhere..

  • ogor 6 years ago

    Good work done task force.the mineral resources is for us all.not for a particular chief to order his miners to work for him.they must be in court

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  • Kwabena Anane 6 years ago

    I am glad the Task force has been able to stop illegal mining and arrested illegal miners. Great job!
    But I want to draw the attention of the Task force to what is happening at their doorsteps.
    Right now as I am writing th ...
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  • MORO ABUDU 6 years ago

    THOSE PEOPLE SELLING THE CHANFY MACHINES ALSO BE ARRESTED AND BE BROUGHT TO BOOK.

  • Matete 6 years ago

    Indicipline and lawlessness on daily basis under Mr ALL DIE BE DIE,S PRESIDENCY. THE INVINCIBLE FORCES AND DELTA FORCES BROUGHT THIS HOPELESSLY USELESS IDIOT TO POWER THEY CLAIM SO NO ONE CAN TOUCH THEM. They do anything and ...
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  • isaidit 6 years ago

    These idiots forget how things work in Ghana when they go away for too long.These are national task force who may be based and operate in any region.There is nothing like a police officer from Ashanti Region is prevented from ...
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  • OTOYO 6 years ago

    Has the Taskforce finished with galamsey at Akyerekyiekrom and Keniago in Ashanti Region before going to Central Region?

  • pataku 6 years ago

    I hope you continues a good work and pls do not fall into temptation and slipped into bribery which will surely destroyed our Mon's land ghana

  • Uncle Otay 6 years ago

    these Obuase people are there n they coming on floor again, God save us from these tyrants.

  • GIWA-TORONTO 6 years ago

    DO what they did to Mahama by not taking them to the Police!!

  • Nash 6 years ago

    So its clear NPP vigilante groups are now in charge of our security they have taken over from the police and military God save Ghana. Which constitution or court give them any authority? Don't we have the police and military? ...
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  • Albert 6 years ago

    Idiots, stopping one type of pollution by setting equipment ablaze!!! creating air pollution, what kind of idiots are these??

  • Sebastian Parker 6 years ago

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!THESE PEOPLE TOO ARE THERE OOOO!

  • OD33FOUR PHAROAH 6 years ago

    What jobs had prs akufu addo brought before destroying our daily dependable mining work.we won't stop we will dig de Gold till thy kingdom comes.

  • Atonce 6 years ago

    NOW SMALL SCALE MININERS AND GREEDY CHIEFS ARE COMING TO THIER SENSSES LIEO (KOKROMOTIE IS FOR US).NANA ADDO IS WISER THAN MAHAMA

  • Louisa 6 years ago

    If so ,then am arging the taskforce to make it quickly to wasa Amenfi East.The fight against galamsey seems to be an exercise in futility. It is ongoing even more than the previous time.They should com here too