General News of Monday, 13 May 2019Source: starrfm.com.ghChinese Rosewood smuggling firm shut down in DamongoThe company was mainly into cutting, processing and smuggling rosewoods from the areaSavanna regional minister Salifu Adam Braimah, on Friday, May 10, ordered the shutdown a Chinese rosewood company in the capital, Damongo. The closure of BrivyWelss firm, which has been operating in the area for many years, followed the arrest of a Chinese woman in Tamale, Helen Huang who was transporting several containers of rosewood to Tema. The company was mainly into cutting, processing and smuggling rosewoods from the area. The minister then formed a nine-member committee to resolve the menace of rosewood logging which has threatened the sustainability of the environment, farming, food security and communal harmony. The committee was to be chaired Mr. Samuel Tika, the deputy regional minister with Hon.

Source: GhanaWeb May 13, 2019 09:56 UTC