Chairman of Small Scale Miners Association arrested in galamsey crackdown

The Police lied; I never intervened for illegal miners – Kwadwo Peprah

President of the Small Scale Miners Association Michael Kwadwo Peprah has denied claims by the police that he intervened in the arrest of illegal miners at the Desiri Forest. Michael Kwadwo Peprah has been arrested by the IGP’s Special Anti-Galamsey team for attempting to intervene after the team arrested some illegal miners. But in a post on social media, he indicated that the taskforce did not make any such arrest and it’s shocking that report…

Small-Scale Miners Association Chairman, Kojo Peprah, Arrested For Intervening In Anti-Galamsey Operation In Desiri Forest, Ashanti Region

Kojo Peprah, Chairman of the Small Scale Miners Association, has been arrested by the IGP’s Special Anti-Galamsey Taskforce for obstructing an operation against illegal mining in the Desiri Forest Reserve in the Ashanti Region. According to police reports, Peprah confronted members of the taskforce during an active anti-galamsey operation, demanding to know their mission in the forest. He claimed he had received reports that the taskforce had en…

Chairman of Small Scale Miners Association arrested in galamsey crackdown

Kojo Peprah has been arrested by the Inspector-General of Police’s special task force for allegedly obstructing illegal mining arrests in Desiri Forest.