A two-day crack down on diamond dealers’ offices has taken place in Kenema district and its environs in a move to ensure that they renew their licenses.
According to the mining engineer, Ibrahim S. Barrie, it is also meant to close down illegal diamond offices which are on the increase in places such as Boajibu in the Simbaru chiefdom, Baama and Konta in the Wandor chiefdom and Tongo field in the Lower Bambara chiefdom. Tongo field has a high number of diamond dealers’ offices in the region.
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