Residents of Adum Banso in the Mpohor District of the Western Region have arrested three suspected armed robbers including a prison officer. Adum Manso is a mining community and as such, people from different parts of the country throng to the area to seek Gold. On any ordinary day, the community is filled with a lot of economic activities and as such, criminals have also taken advantage to engage in business by stealing at all costs.
The decision by the government to ban illegal mining has brought fear among some residents in the area and they are always on high alert to escape any form of arrest from the task force. It was during one of such days when four men with weapons stormed the mining site. They had military uniforms, guns, knives, and other weapons for action.
All the miners took to their heels after seeing the four armed men with the idea that they were members of the mining task force. According to the Assemblymember for the area, Mr. Bernard Adu Yaw, some of the miners have over the years been robbed of their gold and money in a similar raid which later turned out that it was the work of armed robbers.
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