{"id":392627,"date":"2017-05-28T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T10:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/28\/3-russian-ukrainian-galamseyers-dragged-to-court\/"},"modified":"2017-05-28T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T10:50:19","slug":"3-russian-ukrainian-galamseyers-dragged-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/28\/3-russian-ukrainian-galamseyers-dragged-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Russian, Ukrainian \u2018galamseyers\u2019 dragged to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Three Russians and a Ukrainian accused of dealing in illegal mining (galamsey) at Tontokrom in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region have been dragged before the Accra Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The three Russians \u2014 Farid Isaev, Vadim Potokin and Serhii Chepurnly; and the Ukrainian, Genadly Rubec, have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and undertaking small-scale mining without licence, contrary to Section 99 (2) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703).<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">At the court hearing yesterday, the pleas of the alleged \u2018galamseyers\u2019 were not taken because they made a sign which meant that they did not understand English and could only speak Russian.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In view of that, the court, presided over by Ms Ruby Aryeetey, instructed the court registrar to arrange for a Russian interpreter to facilitate the continuation of the trial.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The presiding judge also remanded the four accused persons in police custody and adjourned the case to May 31, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Minister\u2019s visit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Prosecutor, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Cletus Abadanlowra, informed the court that Isaev, Potokin and Chepurnly were engineers of a mining company \u2013 Geo Professional Service, while Rubec was the site manager of the same company.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The company, he said, operated a small-scale mining concession at Tontokrom despite the fact that such mining operations were reserved for Ghanaians under the Minerals and Mining Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Also, any form of small-scale mining, he explained, had been banned by the government until further notice, due to the destructive nature of illegal mining.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On May 22, 2017, Mr Abadanlowra said, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Peter Amewu, together with other officials, went on a fact-finding mission on illegal mining at Tontokrom.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe team found Isaev, Potokin, Chepurnly and Rubec busily engaged in galamsey without lawful authority.\u00a0 They were using heavy equipment which had degraded a vast land thereby destroying farms and the source of drinking water for the community,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The prosecutor added that investigations into the case were still ongoing to arrest and bring the other accomplices who were now at large to book.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/galrusss.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/galrusssss.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; 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