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16th December, 2011
Illegal Miners Remanded In Prison Custody
Six illegal miners, who were arrested for allegedly taking part in a rampage at Damang and Hunivalley on Friday have been remanded in prison custody by a Tarkwa Circuit Court.
The six accused persons, who appeared before the court presided over by Mr. Obeng Diawuo on Tuesday were Kwabena Bruce, Emmanuel Okai Isaac Abbam, Anthony Oduro, alias Kofi Oduro, Robert Fiagbedzi and Daniel Adjei.
Theyy will appear again on December 23.
Their plea was however not taken and was remanded in custody.
The Tarkwa Divisional Crime Officer, ASP Nelson Yaw Asomani, told the Times that, the accused persons had not been charged and explained that, they have been remanded to assist the police in their investigations.
On the security situation at Damang and Hunivalley he said the area was calm with police still patrolling the area.
On Friday, illegal miners (galamseyers) at Damang near Tarkwa, went on rampage and destroyed property in the area.
The six, according to the police, were part of a mob of illegal miners, who burned a car believed to belong to the chief of Amoanda, Nana Kofi Ngoro II, at Hunivalley.
The mob were protesting their eviction from the Damang Mines by a military-cum police task force who are conducting an operation code-named “Open flush out”.
They smashed the glasses of a 16-seater bus belonging to the Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL), blocked the main Damang road and allegedly looted a shop of bags of rice meant for the workers of GFGL.
Over 2,500 illegal miners had occupied the Kwabena Aho part of GFGL mining concession, mining gold and also degrading the environment.
When the task force under the command of Major George Honyedzi went to flush them out of the area, after a peaceful dialogue, they turned violent and rampaged the Damang community.
The six accused persons, who appeared before the court presided over by Mr. Obeng Diawuo on Tuesday were Kwabena Bruce, Emmanuel Okai Isaac Abbam, Anthony Oduro, alias Kofi Oduro, Robert Fiagbedzi and Daniel Adjei.
Theyy will appear again on December 23.
Their plea was however not taken and was remanded in custody.
The Tarkwa Divisional Crime Officer, ASP Nelson Yaw Asomani, told the Times that, the accused persons had not been charged and explained that, they have been remanded to assist the police in their investigations.
On the security situation at Damang and Hunivalley he said the area was calm with police still patrolling the area.
On Friday, illegal miners (galamseyers) at Damang near Tarkwa, went on rampage and destroyed property in the area.
The six, according to the police, were part of a mob of illegal miners, who burned a car believed to belong to the chief of Amoanda, Nana Kofi Ngoro II, at Hunivalley.
The mob were protesting their eviction from the Damang Mines by a military-cum police task force who are conducting an operation code-named “Open flush out”.
They smashed the glasses of a 16-seater bus belonging to the Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL), blocked the main Damang road and allegedly looted a shop of bags of rice meant for the workers of GFGL.
Over 2,500 illegal miners had occupied the Kwabena Aho part of GFGL mining concession, mining gold and also degrading the environment.
When the task force under the command of Major George Honyedzi went to flush them out of the area, after a peaceful dialogue, they turned violent and rampaged the Damang community.
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