Two seized galamsey activities excavators have allegedly gone missing at the Ellembelle police command.
The two missing excavators are said to have been seized by the District Chief Executive, Kwesi Bonzo, over illegal mining activities, the chronicle newspaper reports.
The MCE subsequently handed the excavators to the police, only to discover they had vanished from the police premises the next day.
Narrating the incident, DCE Kwesi Bonzo said that after the excavators were left at the police station, the police command initially said there were no police officers to guard the excavators but he later said he would provide two officers under the condition that they guard it till 6 pm.
He described the development as disgusting as the police do not also know how the excavators got missing.
“Illegal mining has become an organised crime, with too many actors fighting those fighting the canker,” the MCE reportedly said.
The DCE revisited the site with some journalists where the illegal mining was ongoing and set other equipment used for the illegal mining ablaze.
