The Akyem Oda District Office of the Forestry Commission in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region has arrested an illegal mining (galamsey) operator, Ahmed Nuhu, for unlawfully entering the Pranum Forest Reserve to conduct mining activities.
The arrest was led by the Assistant District Manager, Richmond Amo-Adjei, following a tip-off that illegal miners had encroached on the forest reserve near the Asante Akyem section of the Pra River.
Upon receiving the intel, Amo-Adjei and his team of forestry guards swiftly moved to the area, where they found the illegal miners in operation.
While most of the suspects managed to flee the scene, the team successfully apprehended excavator operator Ahmed Nuhu and seized two excavator machines left behind in the forest.
