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37-year-old arrested for stealing goat
The Nigerian adage “everyday is for the thief, one day is for the owner” is, indeed, true. This is exactly what happened to Kwesi Nayiri Larbi, a 37-year-old unemployed man who was arrested by a group of men for stealing eight goats on Tuesday at ‘New York’ a suburb of Ashaiman and handed over to the Zenu-Atadeka Police, for investigation.
The District Crime Officer of Zenu-Atadeka Police Station, DSP (Rev) John Agbemabiese, narrating the incident to ‘The Spectator‘ at the crime scene, said the inhabitants of New York had been experiencing theft of their animals especially goats for some time now.
The Zenu-Atadeka Police in conjunction with various Neighbourhood Watch Committees have mounted a hunt for the goat thieves for the past months but to no avail.
However, on Tuesday at about 3:40pm, luck eluded the suspect as he brazenly conveyed eight live goats in an Opel Vectra with registration number ER 3313-X during one of his goat stealing escapades at New York to an unknown destination.
The group of men suspicious of the manner Larbi was carrying himself stopped the car for a search and upon seeing the stolen animals arrested him and handed him over to the police together with his booty.
The Crime Officer said few minutes after the arrest Mr Emmanuel Akuinor, a resident of Peaceland in the neighbourhood came to identify one of the goats as his.
He said Larbi would be charged after investigations and put before court for stealing.
From Godfred Blay Gibbah, Tema
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Steps underway to repeal L.I 2462 – Prez assures
President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that steps are underway to repeal Legislative Instrument 2462 as part of efforts to protect the country’s forests and water bodies.
During his media encounter at the Jubilee House, the president explained that the repeal will formalise the ban on mining in forest reserves and strengthen enforcement against illegal mining.
He stressed that his administration is committed to safeguarding the environment, reclaiming degraded reserves, and deploying more personnel to protect river bodies across the country.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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9 forest reserves recovered from illegal mining – President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has announced the recovery of nine forest reserves from illegal mining under his government’s intensified environmental protection drive.
Addressing journalists at the Jubilee House, the president explained that hundreds of excavators, water pumps and other equipment have been seized as part of the operation, while degraded areas are being reclaimed and restored.
He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to end mining in protected areas, deploy more personnel to safeguard river bodies and strengthen laws to secure Ghana’s natural resources for future generations.
This notwithstanding, President Mahama revealed that two of the retrieved forest reserves had gone back into the hands of illegal miners, however, adequate measures have been put in place to reclaim them.
By: Jacob Aggrey
