The 8, who are all Ghanaians, were arrested when the team carried a swoop on the River, after the colour of the water body was seen not to be getting any better despite the ban on all forms of small scale mining in the country.

Confirming the arrest to Citi News, the Nzema East Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Philbert Zubaviel, said the eight have also been processed for court.

“They were arrested by the Operations Vanguard task-force as they were on their usual operations. They were brought to Axim Police Station, and we have subsequently processed them for court at Takoradi.”

Illegal mining is still alive on Ankobra

Supt. Zubaviel noted that, the activities of illegal miners on the Ankobra River have not seen any reduction due to the continuous yellowish nature of the river.

He said the yellowish colour is a clear indication that the situation is yet to come under control.

“Actually, along the Ankobra River, I wouldn’t say it has totally come to a halt because anytime you pass by the river you see the colour of the river and you suspect that people are still working. The problem has been exactly which point they are working is what we do not know”.

We need community support

According to the Commander, the support of the community members is needed in the fight against galamsey if complete success is to be achieved.

“…It’s the community members who live along the River that know where the illegal miners are. It’s difficult for police officers to help because they are not doing it by the roadside where we could see them in our patrols. We need the community members to give us credible information so the Marine Police Unit can help”.

It will be recalled that five Chinese and their five Ghanaian counterparts were arrested on 24th March 2017 for illegally mining for gold on the river.

However, finality is yet to be brought on the matter after 8 months, since the legal battle commenced at the Sekondi High Court.

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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The sacked deputy minister was alleged to have, at about 7:45 am on Wednesday September 10, 2014, stormed the Dansoman Police Station in Accra and reported her boyfriend to the police after they had disagreed on an issue about sexual intercourse.

Victoria was said to have told the police that Frimpong Dardo had beaten her up and stolen an unspecified amount of money.

[contextly_sidebar id=”HaavlvqNTtvTPJ3RLISJQ5bYnESZ37PV”]Daily Guide gathered that a search at the residence of Victoria, where the incident is alleged to have occurred, had revealed that the suspect had ‘scattered’ the room.

Narrating the incident to Daily Guide, a source stated that on the morning of Wednesday September 10, the counter NCO, one Corporal Beterh, was on duty when a car pulled over and beckoned him.

The source said the Corporal, on reaching the said car, identified Victo­ria Hamah as the occupant of the vehicle, after which she told him that there was a man in her house who was being violent.

According to the source, the complainant consequently asked Corporal Beterh to dispatch a policeman to her house to go and drag the man out of the place.

As a result, the source stated, two men, one Corporal Abeka and a certain Sampson, who is a civilian, went to the house where the man was arrested and taken to the police station.

When the policemen went there and Frimpong Dardo was arrested, he told the police Victoria was his girlfriend; but they were having problems because Victoria suggested a certain manner of lovemaking, with which he refused to cooperate with her, so Victoria started insulting him,” the source claimed.

The source further stated that the suspect was invited to the police station but because of the complainant’s fame, the case was quietly referred to one Lance Corporal Angela Quartey for an amicable settlement.

The source said statements were taken from the former deputy minister and her boyfriend; and they left the station after  the CID officer for the Dansoman Police station, had resolved the problem amicably.

Earlier, one Issaka from Spintex Road was reported to have secured bail for Frimpong Dardo.

He was made to pay GH¢38,000 as part payment for the money the suspect was alleged to have stolen from Victoria.

Ms Hamah was relieved of her position after a controversial tape recording which captured her talking about inside information of government.

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Source: Daily Guide

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