The Ghana Armed Forces will deliver four aircraft to the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry to help in the fight against illegal mining, often known as galamsey.
The military’s aircraft, according to George Mireku Duker, deputy minister of lands, will be useful as new tactics to combat galamsey are developed.
“The aircraft has been around, and they are sitting in Takoradi. You could bear with me that in court we may need some evidence, it is the reason these aircraft are very important in the sector.
“We are hoping to have not less than four of these aircraft,” Mr. Duker said in an interview with the media.
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The Ghana Armed Forces intervened in the fight against illegal mining in river bodies and forest reserves in November of last year, seizing 30 excavators, destroying four, and immobilizing four more on the spot.
This occurred following the seizure and destruction that took place between October 11 and October 31, 2022, when Operation Halt II was relaunched.
The crews destroyed 103 Changfan machines, nine water pumping machines, five generator sets, and two fuel storage tanks during the three-week operation, according to Naval Captain Michael Addo Larbi, Director of Public Relations for the Ghana Armed Forces.
Source: Citinews
