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Oct
6 Chinese Nationals Arrested For illegal Mining Six Chinese nationals have been arrested for mining illegally in the farming enclave of Pokukrom in the Ashanti region as government moves in to protect key natural resources from illegal mining. According to residents of Pokukrom, the only hygienic source of water in the community has been polluted by the activities of illegal mining. Aside the pollution of water bodies, large tracks of farmlands growing cocoa and other crops have been destroyed to serve illegal mining interest. During the arrest, the sustainable land and water management taskforce seized four excavators used in destroying…