{"id":261475,"date":"2016-10-25T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=261475"},"modified":"2016-10-25T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T06:00:16","slug":"2-chinese-illegal-miners-grabbed-for-mining-cocobod-seed-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/2-chinese-illegal-miners-grabbed-for-mining-cocobod-seed-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Chinese illegal miners grabbed for mining COCOBOD seed garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Intelligence Department of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has arrested two Chinese illegal miners for mining COCOBOD\u2019s seed garden in Wassa Saman in the Western region.<\/p>\n
The two Chinese, Li Wen Qieng 28, and Mo Sin Shan, 35, were arrested for excavating the land in the night for gold, destroying the cocoa seedlings.<\/p>\n
Confirming the development to Citi Business News<\/strong>, the Public Relations Officer at COCOBOD Noah Amenyah said that the two Chinese are in police custody assisting in investigations.<\/p>\n Recounting how the Chinese had access to the land, Mr. Amenyah stated that the two Chinese illegal miners through a Ghanaian, named only as Wonder\u00a0 introduced the Chinese miners to the land through his company, Wonder Mining Company Limited.<\/p>\n Mr. Amenyah stated that the Chinese started mining 2 to 3 acres of the land with the help of the Ghanaian, called Wonder.<\/p>\n “A security guard of the of the Seed Production Department of COCOBOD spotted two huge bulldozers with erected canopies mining on the land and drew the attention of the Intelligence Department of COCOBOD\u00a0 to the operation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n