Illegal miners have returned to forest reserves with new equipment — Forestry Commission on why raids alone can’t stop 'galamsey'

Featured Aug - 09 - 2026 , 12:10 2 minutes read Illegal miners cleared from forest reserves keep returning to the same sites with new equipment, prompting the Forestry Commission to change its approach to tackling illegal mining, the Western Regional Manager of the Commission, Nana Poku Bosompim, has said.

Nana Poku was speaking about an eight-day operation at the Cape Three Points Forest Reserve in the Western Region, during which he said 125 changfan machines and 202 industrial water pumps were destroyed.

Nana Poku said the Commission has started establishing permanent camps inside the Cape Three Points Forest Reserve.