A 25-year-old man named Kwame Ato Asare is in jail. He is a self-proclaimed small-scale miner.

He is accused of being part of robberies that happened at mining sites. These sites are in Kadadwen Ashieba in the Western Region.

The Tarkwa Circuit Court heard the case. The judge is Her Honour Bernice Mensimah Akoh.

Asare appeared before the court. He was not asked to enter a plea.

The court decided to keep him in prison custody. This is while investigations continue.

The alleged robberies involved mining sites in the Western Region.