NAIMOS arrests 23 as Amoakohene urges review of operations

NAIMOS, established in 2025 under the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, coordinates anti-illegal mining operations, protects water bodies and forests, and supports efforts to restore degraded lands. In March 2026, its Director of Operations, Colonel Dominic Buah, said the Secretariat had destroyed nearly 3,000 chanfang machines and arrested 237 people in its first ten months of full operation across 21 designated zones.