The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested fifteen (15) persons for engaging in illegal mining activities in a special intelligence-led operation at Watreso and Preacher Krom, at Manso Adubia.
The suspects are, Tahiru Ibrahim, 24, Shaibu Idrissu, 23, Boateng Emmanuel, 27, Jamon Kwaku Samuel, 21, Yaro Patrick, 29, Kofi Boakye, 21, Gubong Mathew, 45, Fatawu Zackari Seidu, 26 and Abdul Malik Seidu, 22.
The others are; Dauda Tahiru, 23, Sampson Grace, 21, Boolangkpuo Freda, 24, Arima Hagar, 26, Kwarteng Vasco, 30 and Kwame Adutwum, 24.
Two excavator control boards, two automatic pump-action guns, two Musler 12 firearms, fifty-nine 59 BB cartridges, three AA cartridges, one water pumping machine, two power generators, one vulcanizing machine, and one Apsonic motorbike were seized from the site.
All suspects are currently in custody assisting the investigation, while the retrieved exhibits have been retained.
