The Ghana Police Service in the wee hours of 9th September 2022 arrested nine more suspects including three (3) Chinese and six (6) Ghanaians in another anti-galamsey operation.
The police operation team also retrieved three (3) excavators and three (3) pump action guns.
The latest arrest comes 24 hours after police arrested five Chinese suspects for their involvement in the controversial missing illegal mining excavators in Ellembelle.
An intelligence-led operation from the night of 7th September by Police till the dawn of 8th September 2022 led to the arrest of Shi Zhong Qix, Wei Lin Xi, Huang Qian Xi, Li Jian Wen, and Huang Qian Sheng, at their hideout at Asiama, in the Ellembe District of the Western Region.
The Ghana Immigration Service has been contacted for details of their immigration status and their Ghanaian sponsors to assist with the investigation.
Meanwhile, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Ellembelle, Mr. Kwasi Bonzo who was also arrested together with four others has been granted bail by the court.
However, the four accomplices are yet to be granted bail as their cases were not heard by the court in their first appearance on Thursday.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
