{"id":749188,"date":"2019-11-21T15:41:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/21\/security-swoop-arrests-42\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T15:41:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:41:16","slug":"security-swoop-arrests-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/21\/security-swoop-arrests-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Swoop Arrests 42 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A joint security<br \/>\nswoop carried out in the Northern Region has led to the arrest of some 42<br \/>\npersons from various locations in the Region. The 42 were arrested for various<br \/>\noffences including illegal manufacturing of weapons and possession of<br \/>\nsubstances believed to be narcotic drugs. <\/p>\n<p>Four of the<br \/>\nsuspects were arrested at Karaga while 38 were arrested at Yendi, Cheriponi and<br \/>\nSaboba all in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p>At Karaga, a 60<br \/>\nyear old blacksmith, Mahamadu Fuseini and his co-worker, Mohammed Suraju, were arrested<br \/>\nfor illegal manufacturing of guns and other weapons. Upon the arrest, 73<br \/>\nlocally manufactured long barrel guns, a locally manufactured pistol and 83<br \/>\nmetal pipes were retrieved from their location of arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Other items such<br \/>\nas three hacksaw blades, two hammers, three G-clamps, three iron files and a<br \/>\ngrinding machine believed to be their working tools were retrieved by the joint<br \/>\nteam.<\/p>\n<p>Three bags of<br \/>\ndried leaves suspected to be indian hemp, four pairs of scissors, four pairs of<br \/>\nslippers, two cutlasses, three mobile phones among other things were also<br \/>\nretrieved from them.<\/p>\n<p>Two others,<br \/>\nYussif Iddrisu, 53, and Abdul-Somed Baba, 27, were also arrested in a bush near<br \/>\nthe Karaga cemetery for possession of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.<\/p>\n<p>A bag of the dried<br \/>\nleaves, two pairs of scissors and an amount of GH\u00a2 18.60 were also retrieved<br \/>\nfrom the house of one other suspect who is currently on the run.<\/p>\n<p>The joint<br \/>\noperation which <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> sources revealed, code named \u2018Operation Kundanlgou\u2019<br \/>\nis a National security initiative comprising the police, military, immigration<br \/>\nand customs.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are currently in the custody of the Northern Regional Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service pending investigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM Eric Kombat, Karaga <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A joint security swoop carried out in the Northern Region has led to the arrest of some 42 persons from various locations in the Region. 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