Cache of ammunitions seized at Aflao

A cache of ammunition has been intercepted at the Kpoglo customs barrier in Aflao in the Volta Region on Sunday afternoon

The ammunitions, consisting of short gun cartridges were found in a compartment of a Nigeria registered truck coming from Togo to an unknown destination.

The driver of the vehicle and his two accomplices who are suspected to be Nigerians have since fled.

Describing what led to the escape of the three, the customs officials said there were limited number of officers, to be precise only two officers on duty on Sunday afternoon.

“The officials suspected them after they discovered the false compartment on the floor of the cargo truck.”

The Aflao Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Service is still examining the items and is considering disposing off them after the examination.

There were other parcels suspected to be India hemp and some cosmetics also in the cargo truck.

Meanwhile the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has taken over investigations into the retrieval of two AK-47 assault rifles at Jantong-Daboase, near Salaga in the Northern Region.

Seven persons who were arrested in connection with the case have been transferred to the CID Headquarters in Accra for further investigations.

The suspects are Mohammed Saani Muftaw, 22; Issah Suale, 22; Ibrahim Iddrisu Wunpini, 50, and four others whose names were not given by the police.

Also found in their possession were a computer and a laptop said to contain pictures and training kits of the Islamic State (ISIS), as well as how the ISIS decapitate its victims.

The suspects, who lived at Lamashegu, a suburb of Tamale, are believed to be involved in recruiting and indoctrinating young people on issues bordering on Islamic extremism.

The Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Ebenezer Tetteh, who confirmed the story , said.Muftaw and Suale were earlier arrested at Jantong-Daboase on a motorbike with a sack containing two AK 47 assault rifles by some residents of the village on December 24, 2015 and were sent to the chief’s palace at Salaga.

During interrogation, Muftaw and Suale allegedly said they were going to learn how to use the AK 47 assault rifles.

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