Several sanitation violators have been arrested by environmental health officers from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in the Agbogbloshie market.
A joint health inspection effort between the AMA and the police resulted in the arrest of over 20 traders and the confiscation of their tainted goods.
The vendors had advertised their items among the trash, while other vendors had set up shop on unapproved routes and in unsanitary conditions, among other sanitation-related offenses.
On the morning of Wednesday, February 8, there was a sensational scene in which the traders resisted being arrested but were eventually overcome by the angry sanitation officers who came with full force.
The offenders were transported to the AMA office together with their wares.
Speaking on the exercise, Environmental Health Officer, Madam Florence Kuukyi, told Joy News that a similar exercise was organized weeks prior and they were faced with the same unhealthy conditions.
According to her, about 40 offenders were arrested in the previous exercise kind courtesy of the Joy Clean Ghana campaign.
