The Kwaebibirim Municipal Security Council has arrested three Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey along the Birim river at Akyem Abaam, a suburb of Akyem Kade in the Eastern Region.
Two excavators which were being used by the illegal miners have been impounded by the anti-galamsey team led by the Kwaebibirem Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Emmanuel Kofi Nti and the Municipal Police Commander, ASP Barlekor Bernard.
Addressing the media after the arrest, Nti indicated that the team is on the manhunt of some locals who managed to escape during the swoop.
He, however, cautioned illegal miners operating within forest reserves and on water bodies in the municipality to immediately pack out as the team will stop at nothing to get them arrested and prosecuted.
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