An Accra Circuit Court on Friday remanded Kojo Okyere, a blacksmith, in police custody, for manufacturing firearms without lawful authority.<\/p>\n
Kojo pleaded not guilty to the charge, and would therefore re-appear on Monday, June 2.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector Patrick Hanson, prosecuting the case, told the court presided over by Mr Francis Obiri,\u00a0 that on May 26, the police had intelligence report\u00a0 that a blacksmith at Awutu Osimpo in the Central Region,\u00a0 was into the manufacturing of locally made pistols and shot guns.<\/p>\n
He said it was also alleged that the accused person supplied these guns to armed robbers and land guards for their activities.<\/p>\n
The prosecution said on May 27, acting upon intelligence report, some personnel from the Anti-Armed Robbery Squad of the CID Headquarters were dispatched to Awutu Osimpo where the accused person was arrested.<\/p>\n
Chief Inspector Hanson told the court that the accused person was arrested in the course of delivering the weapons on sale at the cost of GH\u20b5800<\/p>\n
\u201cNine locally made pistols, 13 single-barrel guns, seven single-barrel engines, 24 gun barrels, five gun butts, one double barrel gun, three live cartridges and 16 empty cartridge shells were recovered from his workshop,\u201d Inspector Hanson said.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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