A combined team of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Forestry Commission (FC) and 30 military personnel raided the Tano Anwia Forest Reserve in the Enchi Forest District of the Western North Region, seizing nine excavators, one bulldozer, and arresting four individuals engaged in illegal mining.
The operation took place on Sunday, March 9, 2025, in compartments 17 and 20 of the reserve.
This decisive action followed a series of previous operations aimed at stopping illegal mining activities in the forest reserve: March 4, 2025: A team from the Forest Services Division (FSD) of the FC, along with the RRU, stormed the reserve after receiving a tip-off about illegal mining.
The team successfully drove out 12 excavators but was unable to make any arrests as the miners, who were heavily armed, outnumbered them.
