An armed gang stormed a mining camp at 23 Miles Issano on Sunday and escaped with raw gold and an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) after tying up miners, in the latest attack highlighting security concerns in the country’s gold fields.
Up to press time last evening, a roving police team was still hunting for the five-member gang and a senior police official said that the search would continue until they are captured.
According to police, Sunday’s attack occurred around 6:30pm, when five men, three of whom were armed with shotguns and the others with cutlasses, struck at the camp and discharged several rounds in