Taskforce raids illegal mining site, arrests two in Taraba

The Taraba Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce on Monday  arrested two suspected illegal miners during a raid on a gold mining site at Mayo Kam in Gantu village, Bali Local Government Area of the state.The Chairman of the taskforce, Mr Emmanuel Jamu, told newsmen in Jalingo that the operation followed weeks of intelligence gathering.Jamu said security operatives traversed difficult terrain to reach the remote mining site for the raid.He explained that most of the suspected illegal miners fled in