Police arrest local pistol manufacturers

Accra, Feb. 16, GNA - The Madina District Police Command, has arrest= ed five persons for allegedly manufacturing local pistols in a special operation, which spanned three regions. Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) David Eklu told the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday that 60 pistols where retrieved after the four-day operation in Madina in the Greater Accra Region, Kumasi and Kodie near Offinso in Ashanti Region and Juabeso in Western Region. He said the police acted on a tip off that a syndicate of gun manufacturers have been supplying arms to criminals in Madina and other parts of the country.

CSP Eklu said policemen from the Madina Command succeeded in arrestin= g the five suspects whose names were given as Daniel Dormena; 32, Farmer, Salifu Abubakari; 42, Farmer, Jacob Kwarteng; 40, Blacksmith, Stephen Anane= ; 50, Blacksmith, and Prince Osei; 31, Unemployed.

He said the operation was the result of a six-month crime pattern analysis of armed robberies in Ashalley-Botwe, Ogbojo, Agbogba and Ablor-Adjei in the jurisdiction of the Madina District Command. CSP Eklu said Dormena was arrested with a suitcase containing 17 pistols at Kejetia Lorry Station in Kumasi on Monday, February 15. Further investigations led to the arrest of Abubakari at Sefwi-Juabeso with 10 pistols on Tuesday, February 16.

The investigative team proceeded to Offinso-Kodie where Anane was arrested with five pistols while Kwarteng alias 93Assistant Director" wa= s apprehended with 25 pistols concealed in a stuffed chair in his room. Osei, an accomplice was also arrested at Kodie during the operation. 16 Feb. 11

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