Report illegal firearm manufacturers and holders

Koforidua (Eastern Region) 9th July '99

The Eastern Regional Police Command has appealed to the public to inform it about people illegally manufacturing or possessing locally made firearms.

The command expressed concern about the proliferation of locally-made pistols in the region and warned the manufacturers to stop the practice because it is putting arms into "wrong hands".

The appeal was contained in a press statement signed by Chief Inspector J.K. Abban in-charge of police public relations unit at Koforidua.

The statement cited a case under investigation in which one Danso Yeboah, a driver in Koforidua, was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot another driver, in a dispute over the fatherhood of a one-and-half-year-old boy.