On the first day of the reopened military operation known as “Operation Halt 2,” a total of eighteen changfang machines that were being utilized for illicit gold mining were destroyed as part of the effort to combat the unlawful mining practice known as galamsey [collect and sell].
In addition to the changfans, the soldiers on Thursday demolished ten water pumps.
On the first day of the operation, they were all discovered along the Eastern Region’s Birim River.
For the first time, “Operation Halt 2” is concentrated on water bodies.
The operation began at 8 a.m. on Thursday.
The commander of the “Operation Halt 2” Task Force, Colonel Eric Tenadu, stated that the operation will go on on Friday, but he did not specify its main objective.
According to Colonel Tenadu, every body of water in the nation will be blanketed in order to guarantee a shift in the water’s color.
Members of the Ghana Armed Forces, comprising the Navy, Army, and Air group, are working together with a task group from the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM).
Colonel Tenadu stated that “Operation Halt 2” was concentrating on the forest and water bodies where illicit mining activities were taking place. However, for the time being, the directive and instructions are to concentrate on the water bodies during the first phase, with the forest being the focus of the subsequent phase.
