Authorities also confiscated two Toyota Hilux pick-ups, a Toyota RAV4, four motorbikes, and several pieces of mining equipment during the swoop.
A high-profile anti-galamsey operation led by personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the Forestry Commission has resulted in the arrest of 26 individuals, including foreign nationals, and the seizure of eight excavators from illegal mining sites allegedly linked to Akonta Mining, a company reportedly associated with the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.