The police have retrieved one of the excavators that was reported missing in Ellembelle in the Western Region, an official statement on Wednesday said.
“A team of operations and intelligence officers working day and night discovered the missing excavator several kilometres into a forest within the Ellembelle district,” a statement from the police said.
It added: “While the team of police officers were escorting the excavator to Takoradi, at the Axim Junction, the DCE of Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzo organised and led some thugs to attack the police and obstruct the operation.”
Bonzo and three others have since been arrested.
The police said they are continuing with investigations to recover the other excavators and “arrest all those behind it to face justice.”