Ghana’s Custom officers at Aflao in the Volta Region have impounded a
truck carrying thousands of short cartridges (bullets) together with
sealed packs of dried leaves believed to be Indian hemp.
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| The impounded bullets |
Officials say a thorough search on the vehicle revealed that it had
already entered the nation’s border six times, but it is unclear whether
on those occasions it carried ammunitions. Citi News’ Volta Regional
correspondent, King Norbert Akpabli reported that the items were
concealed in compartments created beneath the floor of the truck.
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| The truck |
According to him, Custom officers at Aflao said they “met the driver and
two occupants of the truck and upon interrogation ordered for further
inspection of the vehicle. It was revealed that under the floor of the
vehicle there are compartments created there where these ammunitions
were packed.”
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| The bullets |
“The driver and the occupants bolted immediately and the officers were unable to arrested them. The vehicle has a Nigerian registration number KTU 444 XV. It implies that the truck was either coming from Nigeria or Togo into Ghana,” King Norbert added.
Meanwhile, the Customs officials are yet to give further briefing on the issue.
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| The impounded bullets |
The Police in the Ashanti Region earlier in December
arrested a 72-year old Burkinabe, Moro Sata for illegally dealing in
ammunition. Some weapons including 11 AK47 assault rifles, 10 SG rifles
used by the military, a machine gun, four firing pins, clocking handling
and anti-aircraft ammunition were retrieved from Moro Sata. According
to the Police, Moro Sata had confessed that he gets his supplies from
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Niger and uses Ghana as a transit point to
transport the ammunition to conflict areas across the sub-region.
Credit: citifmonline.com
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