Sekondi: Twelve individuals accused of participating in illegal mining activities in Tumetu near Princess Town, within the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, have been remanded into prison custody. The accused, identified as Lord Yankey, Caleb Adu Kwaw, Stephen Agyei, Ebenezer Barnes, Mathew Somagevi, Paa Grant, Bashiru Kaviru, Joseph Borney, Aminu Issah, Kofi Sogah, Albert Normah, and Robert Mensah, will remain in custody in Sekondi until their next court appearance scheduled for Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
According to Ghana News Agency, law enforcement officials apprehended ten of the accused individuals at a palm plantation. The remaining two were detained at the Elluabo Chavene Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) plantation. The arrests were part of a coordinated police intelligence-led operation conducted within the Ahanta West Municipality. During the operation, authorities seized four water pumping machines, a tricycle bearing the registration number M-20-WR 1045, and two motorbikes from the illegal mining sites.
The court was informed that all twelve accused persons confessed to the illegal mining activities during police interrogations. They were subsequently presented before the Takoradi Harbour Area Circuit Court 'A', where the decision to remand them into custody was made.
