Three persons arrested for firearms possession at Ofaakor, near Kasoa

Three persons have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service for the unlawful possession of firearms at Ofaakor near Kasoa in the Central Region.

The suspects were arrested on Sunday, June 2, 2024.

In a statement published on the official page of the Ghana Police Service on the microblogging platform, X, formerly known as Twitter, the police said that the suspects were arrested around the office of the Electoral Commission at Ofaakor.

During the arrest, the police retrieved a pump-action gun with four rounds of ammunition.

“The suspects, Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunnor, Mustapha Mohammed and Abdul Aziz Musah onboard a Honda CRV saloon car with registration number GX-2044-19 were arrested around the EC Office at Ofaakor.

"One pump-action gun with four rounds of ammunition were retrieved from the vehicle,” the police statement on X read.

The suspects are currently in police custody assisting with investigations.

The Criminal Code of 1960 (Act 29) criminalizes the possession of arms and ammunition without license or registration as a first degree felony.

Here is the tweet from the police

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