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Three people were arrested by police in Wa-East after a bloody clash between two forest groups on Saturday.
Police remain silent on the identity of those apprehended during clashes in Funsi, Wa East District, Upper West Region.
The police explained, however, that those arrested would help them understand the events that caused the disorder that cost one life and seriously injured three others.
Wa East District Chief (DCE), Moses Jotie, told Joy News that an emergency meeting on district security would be organized to determine ways to prevent the recurrence of clashes between the two. two groups.
He added that more police had been deployed to Funsi to enhance security following the deadly troubles.
"In the end, 20 men were deployed to reinforce the [police men] that we have in Funsi to maintain peace in the community.
Rafiq Salam, a Joy News correspondent in the Upper West Region, reports that calm has been restored in the community.
The widespread environmental destruction of communities in the Upper West region and in other parts of the northern savanna ecological zone is a major problem.
Rosewood, which is in high demand, is a fine-grained wood used mainly for the production of high-end and expensive furniture for the elite around the world, especially in Asia (China).
Photo: A supervisor of the rosewood furniture factory Hebei Dacheng in Zhangjiagang, a Chinese coastal city, inspects a newly arrived rosewood container [Photo credit QZ.com].
It is also used for making chess pieces and musical instruments. It is estimated that China alone imports almost 96% of all rosewood exported from Ghana.
The government has been invited to form an anti-rosewood task force, as it did for "Galamsey" [illegal small-scale mining] fight.
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