FOUR ILLEGAL MINERS ARRESTED; 3 EXCAVATORS BURNT TO ASHES BY FORESTRY COMMISSION IN THE SUBRI FOREST RESERVE
Speaking in an interview with the western regional Public Relations Officer of the forestry commission Mr. Richard Adjei Binefoh, he explained that they gathered intelligence about the activities of the illegal miners in the Subri forest so they also quickly organized and laid ambush on them where they arrested four of them.
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Being a core mandate of forestry commission of Ghana to protect the forest and natural reserves of Ghana against illegal miners and chainsaw operators, the western regional forestry commission in collaboration of Bekwai forestry commission have arrested four Ghanaian illegal miners who were illegally mining in the Subri forest reserve at Wassa Essaman in the Wassa East district of western region.
The commission also burnt three excavators that were being used by those illegal miners.
Speaking in an interview with the western regional Public Relations Officer of the forestry commission Mr. Richard Adjei Binefoh, he explained that they gathered intelligence about the activities of the illegal miners in the Subri forest so they also quickly organized and laid ambush on them where they arrested four of them.
He disclosed that the four suspects have been handed over to the Secondi Takoradi regional police command for interrogations.
Finally, the forestry commission has cautioned illegal miners who mine in our forest reserves to watch out because the commission will not rest until all is well with our forest reserves.
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Richard Koomson | mediacentralonline.info | Ghana
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