Tag Archives: ILLEGAL

The Chief of Kyebi-Apapam Osabarima Apagya Ofori IV and others have been injured in a violent clash during anti-galamsey operation at Asamang Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District in the Eastern region Thursday, September 30, 2022. Osabarima Okogyeaman Apagya Ofori IV head of Okyeman Environmental taskforce in a joint operation …

A police officer stationed at the Sehwi Wiawso Divisional command has drowned in River Sui at Awukukrom in the Suaman District of the Western North Region . The victim, only identified as Lance Corporal Nuhu Abubakar with his colleague security personnel went to the area to stop galamseyers from operating. …

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Amansie South District Assembly, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has confirmed that 9 suspected small-scale illegal miners have been arrested on River Offin. This is after a video sighted by GhanaWeb showed a group of uniformed men arresting the nine suspects and also burning down their equipment. …

A Ghanaian police officer has been killed while on duty at Mpasaso No. 2 in the Ashanti region. On arrival at the Tepa Government Hospital, he was pronounced dead when a tree fell on him at the Mpasaso No. 2 forest reserve. Only identified as Officer Tony, and reported to …

The Minority in Parliament has expressed disgust over the continuous illegal mining on the water bodies and the vegetation in the country. According to the Minority, they have taken note of a viral video on social media and other online platforms revealing massive illegal mining activities being carried out along …

The police at Mamprobi have arrested Henry Teye Adjirackor, a technician, for illegally possessing, selling and installing meters, and passing them off as meters from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The suspect was arrested after field-monitoring officers of the ECG from the Korle Bu District Office disconnected power to …

The minority in Parliament has condemned the alleged torturing of some young men purported to be illegal miners, by some men in uniform. The young men, alleged to be illegal miners, were captured on video laying in mud with some uniformed men looking like soldiers, wielding guns over them. The …

Some eight people have been arrested for suspected illegal chainsaw operations in the Tano Offin Forest reserve in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region. The suspects arrested for their illegal entry into the restricted forest reserve are Attah Abeka 30, Prince Abeka 16, Shaibu Frank 17, Nkrumah …

The prevalence of phony and illegal agrochemicals on the Ghanaian market is a source of worry to stakeholders in the agricultural sector, with the CropLife Ghana warning that between 25 to 35 percent of imports into the country are fake or banned. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and …

The body of a suspected illegal artisanal miner who went missing has been retrieved from Newmont Ghana’s Ahafo mine’s operational area with the assistance of local police. The body was located, identified and retrieved from an illegal mining pit dug within the Ahafo mine’s Apensu pit area on Friday, June …