NAIMOS taskforce rejects GHC119k bribe, arrests galamsey kingpins in Bekwai

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has stopped a bribery attempt by three suspected galamsey operators following the seizure of illegal mining equipment in Bekwai Municipality, Ashanti Region.


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