General News of Sunday, 5 January 2020Source: dailyguidenetwork.comLands Minister involved in car crashKwaku Asomah CheremehThe Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh, has impounded a Kia truck loaded with illegal lumbers at Sunyani in the Bono Region. The minister who was returning from a trip in the region chanced upon the truck with registration number AS 4955E being loaded with the illegal lumber and was heading from Dormaa to Yeji in the Bono East. The Minister’s car was destroyed by the Kia driver when the minister attempted to stop him and inquiry about the destination of the lumbers. According to the Minister, his license and that of the Kia driver and other documents of the truck have been deposited at the Sunyani Police station pending investigations into the matter. He however, warned that the fight against illegal rosewood in the region was on and they would not allow anybody to take the law into their own hands and destroy the forest.

Source: GhanaWeb January 05, 2020 19:18 UTC