Government secretariat conducting enforcement operations against illegal mining (galamsey) in Ghana, arresting suspects and dismantling equipment across multiple regions.
NAIMOS has conducted multiple enforcement operations across Ghana's mining regions, arresting dozens of illegal miners and dismantling equipment in sites spanning Ashanti, Western, and other districts. In one incident, a taskforce came under armed fire from illegal miners in a rubber plantation, but a follow-up operation arrested 114 individuals; separately, small-scale miners have protested that unauthorised persons are impersonating NAIMOS officials to extort money at mining sites.
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat arrested a man and woman suspected of operating illegal mining along the Offin River in Atwima Mponua District on 25 April, seizing vehicles, phones, and gold dust, and destroying mining equipment including six Changfan machines.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat arrested a man and woman suspected of operating illegal mining along the Offin River in Atwima Mponua District on 25 April, seizing vehicles, phones, and gold dust, and destroying mining equipment including six Changfan machines.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat conducted an operation at Cape Three Points Forest Reserve in the Western Region, arresting eighteen individuals engaged in illegal gold extraction. The taskforce destroyed eight Changfan machines and seized seven water pumps found at the site, which had caused extensive environmental damage including destruction of palm plantations.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →