A/R: 15 Illegal Miners Arrested
Fifteen illegal miners are assisting in investigation after they were apprehended at an illegal mining site at Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region.
According to a statement by the police, the arrest followed a special intelligence-led operation at Watreso and Preacher Krom.
“During the operation, fifteen suspects actively engaging in illegal mining activities were arrested.”
The suspects have been identified as Tahiru Ibrahim (24), Shaibu Idrissu, (23), Boateng Emmanuel (27), Jamon Kwaku Samuel (21), Yaro Patrick (29), Kofi Boakye (21) and Gubong Mathew (45).
The rest are Fatawu Zackari Seidu (26), Abdul Malik Seidu (22), Dauda Tahiru (23), Sampson Grace (21), Boolangkpuo Freda (24), Arima Hagar (26), Kwarteng Vasco (30), Kwame Adutwum (24).
Two excavator control boards, two automatic pump-action guns, two Musler 12 firearms, 59 BB cartridges, three AA cartridges, one water pumping machine two power generators, one vulcanizing machine, and one Apsonic motorbike were seized from the site.
Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/
