{"id":679246,"date":"2019-08-12T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>The stowaway suspects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghana\nImmigration Service (GIS) in Tema has arrested\nsome seven suspects \u2013 including two teenagers \u2013 who attempted\nto stow away to Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspects \u2013 two Ghanaians and five"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:00:57","slug":"7-stowaways-nabbed-in-tema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/12\/7-stowaways-nabbed-in-tema\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Stowaways Nabbed In Tema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The stowaway suspects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ghana<br \/>\nImmigration Service (GIS) in Tema has arrested<br \/>\nsome seven suspects \u2013 including two teenagers \u2013 who attempted<br \/>\nto stow away to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects \u2013 two Ghanaians and five Nigerians<br \/>\n\u2013 were arrested in separate voyages, where they were hiding. It brings to nine<br \/>\nthe number of cases investigated by the GIS in the first half of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The seven<br \/>\nare currently in the grasp of the Tema Regional Ports and Railways Police<br \/>\nHeadquarters assisting in investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The Tema<br \/>\nRegional Commander of the GIS, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACI), Ms.<br \/>\nBelinda Adwoa Sika Anim, said the<br \/>\nteenagers, who hail from Takoradi and Cape Coast in the<br \/>\nWestern and Central regions respectively, were intercepted aboard MSC Dymphia,<br \/>\na vessel from San-Pedro in Cote d\u2019Ivoire to Antwerp in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>According to<br \/>\nher, the teens were found midway to their journey when hiding in the engine<br \/>\ncompartment of the vessel during a routine inspection by the crew.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed<br \/>\nthat the boys \u2013 15 and 16 years of age \u2013 did not carry any travel documents. She<br \/>\nsaid when the vessel landed in Antwerp, they were handed over to another bound<br \/>\nfor the Tema Port.<\/p>\n<p>The Regional<br \/>\nCommander said further checks showed that the pair boarded the vessel in<br \/>\nAbidjan, Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>She said the<br \/>\nfive Nigerians were arrested when they attempted to stow away from Tin Can<br \/>\nIsland Port in Nigeria to Europe on board two vessels, namely MV Zim Rio and<br \/>\nCMA CGM Lapis.<\/p>\n<p>However, the<br \/>\nvessels docked at Tema Port and they were arrested. They were identified as<br \/>\nHenry Okechuku, Jimmy Omorode, Nino Brown, Joseph Obasi and Hope Ekele.<\/p>\n<p>The GIS is collaborating with the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana for the repatriation of the five Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Vincent Kubi, Tema<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stowaway suspects The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in Tema has arrested some seven suspects \u2013 including two teenagers \u2013 who attempted to stow away to Europe. The suspects \u2013 two Ghanaians and five Nigerians \u2013 were arrested in separate voyages, where they were hiding. 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