Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining has revealed some districts intentionally crashed their drones to sabotage the fight against galamsey.
In 2017, then-Lands Minister John Peter Amewu faced public criticism over the government’s decision to purchase drones worth $3 million, he claimed the drones were to help monitor galamsey.