The Police have arrested five Chinese nationals allegedly involved in the Ellembelle missing excavators.
The suspects whose names are yet to be revealed were arrested “in a special police operation conducted between the night of 7th September till dawn of 8th September, 2022” the police statement on Facebook said.
The Police are yet to provide further details.
Meanwhile the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Kwasi Bonzo who was arrested for “organised and led some thugs to attack the police and obstruct the operation” has been granted bail.
He is therefore expected to appear before the Takoradi Harbour Circuit court, today, September 8, 2022.
The DCE has been charged with assault, conspiracy to assault and resisting arrest.
The police earlier commenced investigations about Mr. Bonzo, his personal assistant and one other over some missing excavators which were used by illegal miners in Nkroful.
In a statement issued by the Police Service and signed by the Head of Public Affairs at the Command, Superintendent Olivia Tawiah Adiku, the Police Service refuted earlier reports where the DCE is said to have alleged that the two excavators used by illegal small-scale miners at Nkroful and were in the care of the Ellembelle Police had vanished.
“We wish to categorically state that no excavators were handed over to the police by the District Chief Executive of Ellembelle, Mr. Kwasi Bonzo or any other person from the assembly. We, therefore, urge the public to disregard the publication and treat it with the contempt it deserves”, it stated.
Meanwhile, the DCE, Kwasi Bonzo, for his response, urged the police to go ahead with any investigation as he never made those allegations.
“I’m ready for any investigation, but then the police have shown that they cannot do an impartial investigation because when they came, they ignored all information to the contrary,” he added.
