{"id":14606,"date":"2025-06-29T14:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=14606"},"modified":"2025-06-29T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:58:51","slug":"four-chinese-nationals-nabbed-for-illegal-mining-in-adansi-asokwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=14606","title":{"rendered":"Four Chinese Nationals Nabbed for Illegal Mining in Adansi-Asokwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0080-696x928-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0080-696x928-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0080-696x928-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Police have arrested four Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining activities along the Subin and Jimi rivers in Atatam, a community in the Adansi-Asokwa District of the Ashanti Region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrest was part of a joint operation involving the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Development Fund (MDF), her team, and personnel from the Ashanti South Regional Police Command, led by Regional Operations Commander ASP Enoch Boateng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0079-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0079-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0079-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0079-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0079-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0079.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects\u2014Li Quan, 44; Lu Jianzheng, 36; Li Xuyu, 47; and Su Shanxing, 63\u2014were allegedly mining illegally along the two rivers, which are key sources of drinking water for several nearby communities. Their activities have reportedly led to the destruction of forest cover equivalent to about ten football fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0085-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0085-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0085-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250629-WA0085.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite laws prohibiting foreigners from participating in small-scale mining, the four were found operating heavy machinery at the site. During the operation, 11 excavators were seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parts of four machines were removed to immobilize them, while the remaining seven were transported to the Regional CID in Bekwai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, three pump action guns were recovered from the suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation highlights the ongoing fight against illegal mining and environmental degradation in Ghana\u2019s mining communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested four Chinese nationals for engaging in illegal mining activities along the Subin and Jimi rivers in Atatam, a community in the Adansi-Asokwa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14610,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14606\/revisions\/14610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}