Police impound Kumasi-bound AK47 ammunitions at Savelugu
The Police have intercepted 320 AK47 ammunitions and two sets of empty magazines which were being smuggled to Kumasi from Northern Ghana.
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They were concealed in a Bolgatanga to Kumasi bound bus but the vigilance of the Northern Regional Police Command led to the interception of the cache at Savelugu near Tamale last Sunday.
One suspect, Yussif Salifu, 28, was also picked up and currently in police custody assisting with investigations.
The Savelugu Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Kwadjo Tawiah, confirmed the case to Graphic Online and said the arrest was made on Sunday April 17, 2016 at about 10:00 pm.
He said a commercial bus from Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital which was heading towards Kumasi on reaching the Savelugu police barrier was stopped and checked.
According to him, when the police conducted a check on the bus, they found 320 AK47 ammunitions and two sets of empty magazines concealed in a passenger’s bag.
He said the owner of the bag, Yussif Salifu was arrested and sent to the Northern Regional Police crime office in Tamale for further interrogation.
When contacted, the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Ebenezer Tetteh, said the suspect was in the police custody assisting with investigation.
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He said the suspect said during interrogation that he bought the ammunitions from someone in Bawku in the Upper East Region and was transporting them to Kumasi to sell.