Police arrest two suspects over Abesewa forest guard shooting and forest destruction

He further appealed to President John Dramani Mahama and the Minister for the Interior to consider redeploying military personnel to assist in protecting the country’s forest reserves from illegal logging activities.

The Ghana Police Service at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano South East District has arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting of a forest guard and the destruction of a newly established forest plantation at Abesewa in the Ashanti Region.

According to him, the withdrawal of military personnel from forest protection duties has emboldened illegal loggers, undermining efforts to preserve Ghana’s forests and threatening the success of the government’s afforestation and Green Ghana initiatives.