Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
FOUR persons have been arrested by the police in Kumasi for allegedly attempting to buy assault rifles for onward supply at Bawku.
The Officer in charge of the Police Public Affairs Unit, Inspector Mohammed Tanko, who briefed the Daily Graphic, said upon a tip-off that the suspects wanted to buy assault rifles, the police feigned interest and supplied the weapons to them.
He said the suspects paid GH¢5,500 for six pieces of AK47 assault rifles and a pump action gun they intended to purchase.
Three of the suspects were arrested on February 5, 2008, when they offered GH¢1,500 for an AK 47 assault rifle and a pump action gun they intended to buy for onward transportation to Bawku.
He said the fourth suspect, a 30-year-old man, was arrested on February 13, 2008, after he had been supplied with five pieces of AK 47 assault rifles and he had paid GH¢4000 to plain-clothes policemen who had shown interest in supplying the weapons to him.
The police did not disclose the names of the suspects, who are currently in police custody, for security reasons, but gave the assurance that they would be arraigned soon.
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