{"id":1206319,"date":"2022-09-17T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/17\/sefwi-elubo-chief-brother-arrested-for-engaging-in-illegal-mining-activities\/"},"modified":"2022-09-17T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:00:11","slug":"sefwi-elubo-chief-brother-arrested-for-engaging-in-illegal-mining-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/17\/sefwi-elubo-chief-brother-arrested-for-engaging-in-illegal-mining-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Sefwi Elubo chief, brother arrested for engaging in illegal mining activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Western North Regional Police Command on September 16, 2022, arrested the chief of Sefwi Elubo and his brother and are pursuing six others in connection with illegal mining in Sefwi Elubo township.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-881460 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/440E1E31-3BAE-4DAB-A007-F8FDC4660391.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\"  \/>The suspects, Nana Anini Baffour and his brother Kwadwo Affi were arrested following Police investigation of a video circulating on social media showing<br \/>illegal mining activities in some compound houses of the town.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-881469 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ELUBO-CHIEF-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"547\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Police say investigation has so far discovered dug-out pits from the compound leading to the bedroom of the chief\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-881458 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/F9F6A051-C9A4-48EE-BC0C-A2D51CE6DA23.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-881457 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6D4046E8-97D6-47BE-8E57-DA64B9680539.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\"  \/>\u201cFour other deep dug-out pits have also been\u00a0uncovered by the Police in other houses in the same vicinity. Investigation has\u00a0further revealed that the chief, his brother and six other suspects who are on the\u00a0run are the main people behind the illegal mining activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police further assured the public that all those\u00a0involved will be brought to face Justice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Western North Regional Police Command on September 16, 2022, arrested the chief of Sefwi Elubo and his brother and are pursuing six others in connection with illegal mining in Sefwi Elubo township. The suspects, Nana Anini Baffour and his brother Kwadwo Affi were arrested following Police investigation of a video circulating on social media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1206320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1206319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1206319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1206319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1206319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1206319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1206319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}