Aisha Huang, a galamsey mogul and Chinese national, avoided immigration officials and returned to Ghana to carry on illicit activities despite being controversially deported in 2018.

According to reports by Citi News in Accra, Huang returned to Ghana via Togo, the eastern land border, despite having last left by air.

It turned out that she also used a different identity on her return, even though the record is quiet on when she initially reentered and how frequently she has entered and exited the jurisdiction.

This was proven through documentation showing that Huang applied for and received the Ghana Card in February 2022 under the name "Huang En" after returning.

The Citi News report added that she always sneaked out of Ghana when she got intelligence about the possibility of an arrest.

Despite coming in through Aflao, Aisha made the Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi her base from where she engaged in the business of selling mining materials. She was arrested with other accomplices at Ahodwo in Kumasi.

On Monday, September 5, 2022, the Accra Circuit Court 9 presided by Samuel Bright Acquah, remanded Aisha Huang, into custody.

This was after Miss Huang, together with three other Chinese nationals, were brought before the court on charges including engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a license and mining without a license.

The court could not take into record the pleas of the four suspects because there was no interpreter to help translate proceedings for the Chinese nationals.

The accused persons were not represented by a lawyer. The court adjourned sitting on the case to Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

How she re-entered the country without detection till her recent arrest has been the major question on the minds of many Ghanaians.

Aisha Huang arrested in deported from Ghana in 2018

Ms. Huang, who was described as "untouchable" on some media platforms, was in 2017 charged with undertaking small-scale mining operations contrary to Section 99 (1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703).

She was also charged with providing mine support services without valid registration with the Minerals Commission, contrary to Section 59 and 99 (2) of the Minerals and Mining Act; and also charged with illegal employment of foreign nationals (in breach of section 24 of the Immigration Act and regulation 18 of the Immigration Regulations).

Her deportation meant the state discontinued the trial against her.