Troops of the Nigerian Army below Operation MESA have arrested 13 suspected illegal miners at a newly excavated mining site in the Shere basic space of Bwari Area Council, (*13*) Capital Territory, FCT.
Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, in his put up on X on Tuesday, stated safety sources said that the suspects have been apprehended at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, by troops of the 7 Guards Battalion throughout an operation in the world.
He defined that the suspects have been reportedly discovered at a newly excavated site suspected to be working illegally.
According to him, the operation kinds a part of ongoing efforts by safety forces to curb illegal mining actions, forestall the exploitation of mineral sources by unauthorised operators and deal with related safety issues inside the FCT.
