Operation Vanguard Hits Aisha’s Galamsey Site

Ashanti Forward Operating Base (FOB) of Operation Vanguard on Wednesday 18 April 2018 conducted operations at illegal mining sites in Asuogya Gyaman, Nyamebekyere Gyaman in the general area of Bepotenteng in Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region.  Intelligent report gathered reveal that the site was link to Aisha Huang who is standing trial for illegal mining. The team could not arrest any person on the field but managed to secure expired Non-Citizen Republic of Ghana Identity Card of two Chinese Nationals who managed to escape. The two identity cards had same name with different images – Lu Qiuying. Suspects’ identity would be given to the appropriate security body for further investigations.

Two excavators, 5 industrial generators 5 changfans and other earth moving equipment were immobilized. Items seized includes 5 water pumping machines, 3 generator sets and other mining equipment.
Concurrently, the riverine team of the Joint Task Force also was on the Ofin River and immobilized 24 changfans on the river along the Dominase general area in the Central Region.

Speaking to the media after the operation, Operation Vanguard Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander, Col Amoah-Ayisi who led the operations admonish Ghanaians to stop aiding the illegal miners to continue the depletion of Ghana’s forest reserves and river bodies. He called on patriotic Ghanaians not to betray the state with the little stipends issued them as compensation for feeding the illegal miners on the movements of the JTF.

Col Amoah-Ayisi bemoaned the extend some Ghanaians listen to lies peddled by the galamseyers and make a lot of media storm out of it. The propaganda does not help our course and tends to twart the efforts of the JTF. Peddling untruths about operations of the JTF and personnel will not deter us and we continue to work for a better future that would ensure our environment is sanitized.

He advise that in the case of any unprofessional conduct, involving any personnel of operation vanguard; the public should make it a responsibility to immediately report to the relevant institutions. The Police, Bureau of National Investigation (BNI), Defence Intelligence (DI), any Public Relations unit of the security services, CID’s including all other recognized institution empowered by the state to investigate public officers. “Appropriate sanctions shall be applied on those individuals when allegations are found to be true,” he assured.

The Commander of JTF reiterated that some individuals are using the name of Operation Vanguard to extort monies from illegal miners. Those individuals are being tracked and will soon be arrested for the law to deal with them, he added.
Col Amoah urged the illegal small-scale miners to remain patient for government to roll out appropriate measures to sanitize the mining sector to operate in peaceful and sustainable environment.

On logistics, the Joint Task Force Commander disclosed that each FOB can perform three to four patrols per region in a day. At present, he said they could only manage one patrol at a time as a result of lack of vehicles. Government is constrained with resources for Operation Calm Life, Cow Leg and other Security Institutions. He further called on well-meaning institutions and individuals to support the effort of government with vehicles, drones, and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) among other related equipment for the JTF.

The JTF Commander was very confident that when issued with these logistics it would lead to much success to restore Ghana’s forest reserves and river bodies to their original states.

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For further details please contact:

ROBISON OMANE-AGYEI
Squadron Leader
PRO
Email: robagyei@gmail.com

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