Notorious galamsey lady Aisha Huang deported in 2019 and three accomplices Johng Li Hua, Huang Jei, Huaid Hai Hun have been rearrested for engaging in illegal mining.
They were brought before an Accra Circuit Court last Friday and slapped with two charges －mining without licence, engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a valid licence.
The court preserved Aisha’s plea because there was no Chinese interpreter at the court. Detective Chief Inspector Frederick Sarpong prayed the court to remand the accused persons while investigations continue.
The illegal Chinese miners were subsequently remanded. They are expected back in court on September 14, 2022.
Local media say Aisha came to Ghana from a neighbouring country through a land border, and sneaks out if she gets any hint of her potential arrest.
The prosecution said Aisha had gained “notoriety” for engaging in a series of small-scale mining activities known as galamsey across Ghana.
It said in 2017, Aisha was arrested for a similar offence, but she managed to escape from the country, thereby evading prosecution.
The prosecution said early this year, Aisha “sneaked” into Ghana having modified the details on her Chinese passport.
Aisha then resumed small-scale illegal mining activities without a license and further engaged in the purchase and sale of minerals in Accra without valid authority as granted by the Minerals and Mining Act 2019.
Intelligence report led to their arrest, after security agencies found out that she partook in the sale and purchase of minerals with the three accused persons.