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The Nasarawa State Police Command arrested 109 suspected illegal miners in the Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nigeria. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Yakubu Kwanta, commended the police for their efforts and called on illegal miners to form cooperative societies and register properly. The operation commenced from Mada station to Wakama community, around the Alogani mountain stretch. The suspects were arrested at various locations carrying out illegal mining of solid minerals such as Topaz, Tin, and Aquamarine. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources called for them to repent and form cooperative groups before returning to their mining sites.