One Person Arrested

Illegal Miners Storm Berekum, One Person Arrested Illegal miners popularly called galamseyers have taken over a river body in Jinijini in the Berekum West district of the Bono region. The illegal miners have pitched camp at the bank of river Suntreso and have started mining seriously, a situation which poses as a health risk to the residents. The Assemblymember for the Suntreso electoral area, Kwame Oppong Samuel, tells Ghanaweb that the development is a worrying situation considering the negative effects of illegal mining in other parts of the country. According to him, any attempt to introduce illegal mining in the…