05
Sep
Three chainsaw operators have appeared before the Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality for illegally harvesting 45 pieces of Cidrella trees valued at GH¢46,250 in the Amama Forest Reserve in the Bono Region. The accused persons were Prince Owusu, 38 years, residing at Abesim, Ransford Solomon, 36 years, also resident of Benu Nkwanta and Johnson Berko, 20 years, also residing at Kyiridua, all in the Sunyani Municipality. When the case was heard, they all pleaded not guilty to the charge of entering a forest reserve and harvesting timber without a Timber Utilisation Contract contrary to section 23(1) of…