The Anti-Galamsey Task Force based in Manso-Adubia in the Ashanti Region has seized another excavator during an operation on Tuesday, bringing the total number impounded within a week to three.
The task force, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bawah Abdul Jalil, had earlier seized two excavators on August 22, 2025, at Dwendwenase following intelligence that some Chinese nationals were engaged in illegal mining in a forest reserve.
On August 26, the same team, supported by 45 police personnel, impounded a third excavator during an operation at Adobewura, a suburb of Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District.
Although the illegal miners had vacated the site before the task force arrived, an excavator was found working and was subsequently impounded. The equipment was loaded onto a low-bed carrier and transported to the task force’s base at Manso-Adubia for safekeeping and further investigations.
The task force noted that Tuesday was observed as a resting day for illegal miners operating within Manso-Adubia and its surrounding areas.
“Taking advantage of this pattern, the task force strategically selected this day to conduct operations in areas alleged to be heavily involved in illegal mining,” a police statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said on Thursday.
Source: GNA
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