{"id":89417,"date":"2025-08-12T08:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=89417"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:08:56","slug":"police-taskforce-seizes-7-excavators-in-crackdown-on-galamsey-in-ashanti-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=89417","title":{"rendered":"Police taskforce seizes 7 excavators in crackdown on galamsey in Ashanti region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>54 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>The Inspector-General of Police\u2019s Special Anti-Galamsey Taskforce has seized seven excavators in a series of operations targeting illegal mining activities, galamsey, in Ahwiren, a small community in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-08-12-at-06.36.50_41600c02.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p>The operation was launched at the request of the Chief of Ahwiren, Nana Osei Boateng, following reports that miners allegedly backed by influential figures in the area were operating dangerously close to St Joseph\u2019s Senior and Technical High School and Ahwiren Methodist Primary and Junior High School.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-08-12-at-06.36.50_f53021a4.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p>An initial raid resulted in the confiscation of three excavators. However, the miners reportedly regrouped, bringing in fresh machinery to continue operations in the same location. <\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up operation, led by DSP Karim Mahama and ASP Bawah Abdul Jalil, the task force seized an additional four excavators.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-08-12-at-06.36.50_96ac80e9.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p>Although the miners managed to evade arrest, all seized machinery has been transported to the Regional Police Training School in Patasi, Kumasi, for safekeeping and further investigations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-12-at-06.36.52_38b07f5f.jpg\" alt=\"Police taskforce seizes 7 excavators in crackdown on galamsey in Ashanti region\" 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