Fifteen suspects arrested at Ghana’s Accra-Kumasi motorway site
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator John Kwame Jabari has ordered illegal sand operators to leave the Accra-Kumasi motorway construction site, warning that they face sanctions. Fifteen suspects were arrested on 14 October in the Sewua-Donyina-Appiadu area and six vehicles were seized, MyJoyOnline reports.
Fifteen suspects were arrested over alleged sand extraction at the Accra-Kumasi motorway construction site in Ghana, Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator Captain John Kwame Jabari told Channel One on Thursday 15 October 2026, MyJoyOnline reports.
Initial investigations indicate that the sand had been removed for about two weeks. The operators are said to have entered the area at night in trucks to load sand. Security patrols have been deployed to prevent further extraction and protect the motorway project, according to Captain Jabari.
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