{"id":699526,"date":"2019-09-05T16:56:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/13-nigerians-illegal-miners-grabbed\/"},"modified":"2019-09-05T16:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:56:08","slug":"13-nigerians-illegal-miners-grabbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/05\/13-nigerians-illegal-miners-grabbed\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Nigerians Illegal Miners Grabbed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Eastern Regional Police Command and Operations Vanguard Team have arrested 13 Nigerians who were allegedly engaged in illegal mining activities in the Atiwa Forest.<\/p>\n

They were arrested at Akyem \u2013 Sankubenase in the Atiwa West District, Eastern Region, during monitoring operations.<\/p>\n

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The team managed to seize one water pumping machine, four pickaxes and five shovels from them.<\/p>\n

The suspects have since been handed over to the (Inter-Ministerial Committee On Illegal Mining (IMCIM).<\/p>\n

They are currently in the custody of Ghana Immigration Service.<\/p>\n

BY Daniel Bampoe <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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