{"id":446566,"date":"2017-12-13T08:11:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/police-remind-public-of-ban-on-knockouts\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T08:11:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:11:05","slug":"police-remind-public-of-ban-on-knockouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/police-remind-public-of-ban-on-knockouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Police remind public of ban on \u2018knockouts\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/94310816.295.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Crackers\" title=\"Fire Crackers\" width=\"295\" height=\"273\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The use of fire crackers have been banned by the Police<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513152665_84_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Police Administration has reminded members of the public of the prohibition of explosives in the country. It said the Executive Instrument (E.I) 21 of 1999 prohibits the manufacture, possession or carriage of any of the following categories of explosives.<\/p>\n<p>They are fire crackers often known as knockouts, display of shells, artillery shells and ball as well as canister shells.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure strict compliance with this provision, the police said personnel who would be deployed for special operations during the festive seasons would be tasked to arrest any person or group of persons who acted contrary to the instrument, for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>In a release  signed by the Director-General of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), David Eklu said the service, while entreating prospective importers and dealers in such explosives to refrain from importing and selling them, it was also calling on members of the general public to desist from purchasing, possessing or using them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the public who are already in possession of these prohibited explosives are therefore advised to deposit them with the police officer in charge of the nearest police station,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>It entreated the general public to co-operate with the police for incident-free Christmas festivities.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-12-13 The use of fire crackers have been banned by the Police The Police Administration has reminded members of the public of the prohibition of explosives in the country. 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