A truck with registration number ER 765-17 allegedly belonging to the Ghana Police Service and reportedly used for illegal mining activities, known as galamsey, was involved in an accident at Nkonsa in the Ashanti Region.

A video shared by GhanaCrimes on the X app, which has gone viral on social media, shows residents of the said community attempting to stop the vehicle from heading to the galamsey site.

Despite their efforts, the truck refused to stop, leading to the accident.

According to the narrator, the accident occurred in Nkonsa in the Ashanti Region.

The video captured the narrator saying, "This is a galamsey car that they tried to stop from going to the galamsey site, but it refused and used force, entering into someone’s room. The town says they are not interested in illegal mining activities. You are using a Ghana Police vehicle to do galamsey."

Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service has dissociated itself from the truck, maintaining that preliminary investigations revealed the truck, with registration number ER 765-17, does not belong to them, but to Road Safety Management Services.

A statement from the Ghana Police Service read, “The attention of the Ghana Police Service has been drawn to a viral video in which a truck, with registration number ER 765-17, with Police stickers pasted on it is involved in an accident at Nkonsa in the Ashanti Region.

“We would like to state that the said truck does not belong to the Ghana Police Service, contrary to the claims being circulated on social media and other media platforms."

Watch the video of the accident and read the statement from the Ghana Police Service below:

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BREAKING: A @GhPoliceService truck in the Eastern Region, transporting “chanfang” equipment to a Galamsey site, has been involved in an accident.

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— Ghana Crimes Ltd. (@GhanaCrimes) October 4, 2024

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— Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) October 4, 2024