The Administrator of the Minerals Development Fund, Dr Hanna Louisa Bisiw-Kotei, and her anti-galamsey taskforce faced a dangerous confrontation at Bui Sobinso in the Ashanti Region, after arresting six Chinese illegal miners.

Heavily-armed men reportedly ambushed the team, demanding the release of the detainees.

According to a 3news.com report from June 5, 2025, Dr Bissiw-Kotei expressed confusion and anger, stating that local police had instructed the thugs to obstruct their convoy.

“It is all confusing. The police here asked them to block us but we are taking the illegal miners to the regional police headquarters,” she fumed.

Footage shared on TV3’s X account on June 5, 2025, showed the armed assailants blocking the taskforce’s movement and ordering them to remain in their vehicle.

Watch footage below:

Illegal miners clash with the anti-galamsey task force team at Akomfere, a village in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti Region.#TV3GH pic.twitter.com/jh2qppivc0

— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) June 5, 2025

VPO/AE

Meanwhile, catch up on the concluding part of the story of Fort William, where children were sold in exchange for kitchenware, others, below: