Galamsey operator jailed six months

A 27-year-old galamsey operator, Evans Kofi Koomson, has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for unlawfully prospecting on the concession of Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), Tarkwa mine.

He was convicted on his own plea.

Detective Chief Inspector Oscar Amponsah told the Court presided over by Mr Samuel Obeng Diawuo that the complainants are security officers of GGL, Tarkwa mine.

He said on May 1, at around 0700 hours, the security officers of the company were on their usual patrol duty when they saw the convict and an accomplice, now at large, at Akontasi pit area within the Goldfields concession prospecting for gold.

Inspector Amponsah said the two were chased and the offender was arrested but the other escaped arrest.

He said Koomson was handed over to the police and during investigation he admitted the offence in his caution statement.

Source: GNA