Illegal Miners Threaten Cocoa Target For 2016/17 Crop Season

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is expressing worry over activities of illegal miners. The Intelligence Department of the Ghana Cocoa Board over the weekend arrested two Chinese illegal miners for mining COCOBOD’s seed garden in Wassa Saman in the Western region. The two Chinese,  28 year old Li Wen Qieng and 35 year old Mo … Read more

Cocobod Grabs Two Chinese Miners

Two Chinese illegal miners have been arrested by the Intelligence Department of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). Li Wen Qieng 28, and Mo Sin Shan 35 were arrested for mining COCOBOD’s seed garden in Wassa Saman in the Western Region. They have been mining gold in the nursey at night, thus destroying the cocoa seedlings. … Read more