"Anti-galamsey task force arrests 108 illegal miners", 7 Aug 2017

At least 108 people have been arrested by the 400-member Galamsey Taskforce dispatched across the country last week. The men were arrested at their mining sites during regular patrol conducted by the taskforce. The contingent in the Ashanti Region has arrested 82 illegal miners while the team in Eastern Region has arrested 26 people...But the anti-galamsey work in the Ashanti Region turned bloody when galamseyers reportedly clashed with members of the taskforce resulting in the death of a 31-year-old Kwabena Agyeman...Luv FM’s Prince Appiah reported the community is quiet with residents moody over the shooting incident. “Residents said they are afraid for their lives because of what happened,” the reporter said...CEO of Volunteers Against Environmental Degradation, Richard Addo has expressed his disappointment with the tragedy. “We were doing this work for the past five months and we did it without killing even a bird,” he said. He said the focus of the taskforce is misplaced because about 80 percent of the illegal miners have abandoned their work since the start of anti-galamsey campaign.