Two journalists in the Ashanti region have been arrested by a government taskforce for attempting to bribe the taskforce.
The taskforce has been mandated to get rid of persons engaged in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey and foreigners engaged in small scale mining.
Luv News’ Erastus Asare Donkor reports that the taskforce has been making some inroads. On 1st June for instance, 23 Chinese nationals were arrested.
On Wednesday, the taskforce also arrested two journalists whose identities are yet to be established, in the Amansie West District Assembly.
“Their crime is that they tried to bribe the taskforce with GH¢2,000,” Erastus gathered.
Suspects, he said, claimed they have an illegal mining concession and did not want the taskforce to extend their operation there.
As of Thursday noon, the two journalists were being kept in the custody of the Central Police Station.
Meanwhile, information picked up by Eratus claimed the two are undercover journalists and had wanted to test the integrity of the taskforce.
In an unrelated development, two pictures emerging from a province in China indicate that they have been staging series of demonstrations claiming their compatriots are being maltreated in Ghana, and at times assaulted.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Immigration Service says deporting illegal Chinese small scale miners in the country, is a more viable option than prosecution to deter them from such activities.
They are expected to be deported to their country next week, Francis Palmdetti Public Relations Officer of the Immigration Service has told Joy News.
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