Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested an Ivorian, Amadu Yakubu, for illegal possession of weapons which were seized by the police on Saturday, 28th October 2017 on the Kumasi – Obuasi Highway.
The 51-year-old man was arrested at about 1:30 pm by police on his way to Kumasi to take proceeds of the ammunition he had supplied.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Juliana Obeng, in briefing the media on the development, said, 40-year-old Abubakari Mahama, who was arrested last Saturday during interrogation “mentioned suspect Amadu Yakubu as the source of the weapon and ammunition.”
She said Amadu Yakubu had admitted to ownership of the weapon and ammunition in his caution statement, and had said that “he got the weapon and ammunition during the Ivory Coast civil unrest and brought same to Ghana from Abidjan for sale.”
The Ashanti Regional Highway Patrol Unit on their usual patrol on the Kumasi-Obuasi highway intercepted a private Toyota Corolla Saloon Car with registration number AS 1108-17.
A search conducted in the vehicle revealed a “white fertilizer sack containing an AK 47 Assault Rifle, 56 rounds of ammunition plus 2 empty magazines.”
The driver, Ibrahim Owusu Sekyere, and one other occupant, Abubakari Mahama, were both arrested immediately.
The suspect, Abubakari Mahama, according to the Police, offered “a bribe of GH¢3,500 to the police in order to be left off the hook but the Police declined.”
“Both suspects, Abubakari Mahama and Amadu Yakubu, are in custody, assisting in investigations, and would be put before the court for prosecution after investigations are done.”
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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana