Personnel of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) at the Paga Border Entry point in the Upper East Region have been placed on red alert to check the possible entry of armed robbers who may be fleeing Nigeria through Burkina Faso into the country as a result of the relentless war being waged against them by the Nigerian government.

The acting Collector-In-Charge, Mr Kwame Asumani, who disclosed this said the decision by the personnel to be on the red alert followed the directive by the Inspector-General of Police to all security agencies in the country, especially those manning the country’s borders, to close their ranks and work in collaboration with the police to combat the heinous activities of arm robbers.

Mr Asumani said he and his team had already intensified their operations by making sure that all vehicles plying through the border from Burkina Faso were properly checked to ensure that no weapons were smuggled either into or out of the country.

He said with the support of the Immigration Service, they were leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the nefarious activities of arm robbers, cattle rustlers and members of motorcycle stealing syndicates as well as currency traffickers were nipped in the bud.