The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) Task Force has carried out a significant operation in the Western Region, targeting notorious galamsey hideouts.
The Task Force on Monday, October 5, 2025, stormed Gangway; a crime-infested community in Aboso, Prestea-Huni Valley District.
The taskforce destroyed several makeshift structures serving as hideouts and drug bases setting them ablaze. The taskforce also destroyed equipment of the illegal miners.
Several hundred locals, mostly galamseyers, surrendered to the Task Force. These individuals were involved in various social vices, including illegal mining, trading, and narcotics smoking, as well as gambling.
Eleven parcels of Indian Hemp were seized, alongside other hard drugs.
Previous Warnings Ignored
According to NAIMOS the operation follows a similar one in June 2025, where the criminal gangs and galamseyers to vacate the area. The warnings were however ignored.
The NAIMOS Task Force also conducted anti-galamsey operations in the Dadwen-Domping areas of the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality. These operations resulted in seizure of 15 water pumping machines and one generator set were seized.
Three chanfangs were also destroyed, and other structures and equipment belonging to illegal miners set ablaze.
