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May
2nd Phase Of Operation Halt Completed The second phase of Operation Halt, an enhanced exercise to rid the country’s water bodies and forest of activities of illegal miners (galamsey) has ended. The operation, which was aimed at clearing galamseyers and equipment involved in mining on the Pra River and its tributaries (Ofin River) and others was successful after covering some 120 kilometres between May 7 and 9 this month. Twenty-eight excavators, 267 changfans with platforms, 18 water pumping machines and a milling machine were destroyed during the exercise which was carried out by 400 security personnel. The rest were a…