A joint enforcement team from the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAiMOS) has carried out a major operation at the Oda Forest Reserve in the Ashanti Region, leading to the arrest of several armed illegal miners and the seizure of large sums of suspected bribery money.
According to officials, the dawn operation, which targeted illegal mining camps deep within the forest, also resulted in the destruction of several makeshift structures and mining equipment, including excavators, water pumps, and generators used in unlawful mining activities.