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GREENVILLE \u2013 Police in Sinoe County have arrested nearly a dozen Vietnamese nationals for allegedly violating a mining moratorium, local media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eight men were detained on Saturday on the order of Superintendent Peter Wleh Nyenswah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis initiative is intended to buttress the national government\u2019s effort in the fight against illicit mining,\u201d Nyenswah told Radio Butaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0The men work for STT Heavy Mineral Resources Limited, a medium-scale company that mines zircon sand commonly called \u201cblack sand\u201d in Greenville. The Vietnamese-owned company has five active black sand mining licenses<\/a> in Sinoe County, the ministry\u2019s records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nguyen Thanh Truc, STT\u2019s majority shareholder, did not immediately respond to queries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last month, the government of Liberia banned<\/a> black sand mining across the country after a video of an illegally extracted stockpile of the minerals, posted by a citizen journalist, went viral on Facebook. \u00a0 Before that, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined<\/a> \u00a0Quezp Mining Company in Brewerville and Royesville for operating without an environmental permit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top: Four of the Vietnamese mineworkers arrested by the police in Bannah, Sinoe County. Picture credit: Facebook\/Butaw Radio TV By Gabriel M. 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