The Bono East regional Police Command has impounded over 20 assorted guns from a 26-year-old MAn by the name Beyele Akwasi.
Briefing the Media in the capital Techiman, Bono East regional Police Commander DCOP Moses Asabagna Atibila revealed that the man is suspected to be a gun manufacturer who produces weapons for armed robbers around Kintampo and its environs.
According to the Regional Police Commander, they believe the suspect has sold a lot of weapons to people who are using them in the region but the Police will work hard to arrest all these people using these illegal guns.
”We believe that he has sold a lot to some people and they are using these weapons. We are putting these weapons before the court and removing the people from the region,” he added.
He said the Police, on August 27, 2021, arrested eight suspected robbers with several weapons, and among these eight suspects, they retrieved several weapons from one Issah Seidu, but he refused to give the identity of the person who sold them the guns.
He [suspect] was later arraigned in court, and the Police through intelligence, Police went after the suspected manufacturer, but he managed to escape.
The Police, however, retrieved several guns and ammunition.
They later placed surveillance on him and discovered he was at Zamrama, a suburb in the Eastern Corridor where he was arrested.
He noted that people in the region must be free to do their legitimate business without fear.
He said the Police was not going to joke as far as fighting crime was concerned.
The senior officer said fighting crime was a collective responsibility hence the residents must support them.
He urged the residents to partner with the Police in fighting crime because it is not the sole responsibility of one person to fight crime.
He said they [Police] need people who will volunteer information to help them combat crime.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana