Twenty-eight officers drawn from three Rapid Response Teams, together with officers from the Oda Forest District of the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission (FC), have arrested eleven suspects, eight Ghanaians and three Chinese nationals, in a joint anti-galamsey operation conducted at dawn on Sunday, December 14, 2025.
The arrest took place in Compartment 70 of the Pra Anum Forest Reserve at Banka in the Oda Forest District of the Eastern Region.
During the operation, two pick-up vehicles, a Toyota with registration number GW 4974-23 and a Great Wall with registration number GT 4189-25, eight excavators, and one automatic pump-action gun were seized.
The eight Ghanaians identified themselves as Mohammed Mustapha, 25; Aminu Moro, 48; Owusu Emmanuel, 28; Raymond Opoku Agyemang, 32; Teye Joseph, 32; Oduro Emmanuel, 29; Aaron Oppong Gyebi, 36; and Isaac Apana, 32.
The Chinese nationals were identified as Jun Hunay, 42; Wen Yong Feng, 49; and Lu Zheng Zhan, 37.
All eleven suspects have been handed over to the Asante Akim Juaso District Police Command for investigation and prosecution, while the two pick-up vehicles have been sent to the Oda Forest District Office for safekeeping.
Source: myxyzonline.com
