{"id":99443,"date":"2025-10-20T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99443"},"modified":"2025-10-20T16:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:45:26","slug":"illegal-miners-flee-as-naimos-re-launches-incursion-in-offin-shelterbelt-forest-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=99443","title":{"rendered":"Illegal miners flee as NAIMOS re-launches incursion in Offin Shelterbelt forest reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>27 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has relaunched its incursion into the troubled Offin Shelterbelt Forest Reserve in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>The taskforce targeted and destroyed illegal mining camps established within the forest. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-20-at-4.35.26-PM1.jpeg\" alt=\"Illegal miners flee as NAIMOS re-launches incursion in Offin Shelterbelt forest reserve\" class=\"wp-image-10032879516\" title=\"Illegal miners flee as NAIMOS re-launches incursion in Offin Shelterbelt forest reserve\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-20-at-4.35.26-PM1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-20-at-4.35.26-PM1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-20-at-4.35.26-PM1-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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