The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested five persons alleged to be involved in manufacturing guns illegally at Kintampo.
The suspects, Akordzi Emmanuel, Abdul-Rashid Sumani, Abdul-Fatawu Issaka, Ibrahim Kadr, and Richard Duako were arrested following an intelligence-led operation aimed at clamping down on crime in the region.
The Public Relations Officer for the Bono East Regional Command, ASP Amponsah Bosie Dankwa, said forty-three pieces of gun butts to be turned into fully functioning riffles, gun barrels, and ammunition were confiscated from the criminal enterprises.
“22 short pieces of wood and other implements used in the manufacturing of weapons were retrieved from suspects Akordzi Emmanuel, Abdul-Rashid Sumani, and Abdul-Fatawu Issaka. However, suspects alleged that they were keeping the exhibits for their master, one Yahya now at large.”
“Suspect Ibrahim Kadr also mentions suspect Richard Duako as the owner of the exhibits which were retrieved from him. Presently, all suspects are in custody and the exhibits have been retained for further investigations,” he noted.
A week ago, a key suspect in the manufacturing and supplying of firearms in the region, 25-year-old young man Kwesi Bayele was arrested.
The suspect had been dealing in illegal firearms at Gulumpe in the Kintampo North Municipality until he was arrested.
He is said to have been supplying armed robbery syndicates with arms for their operations.
During a search, the Police retrieved 20 ammunitions including locally-manufactured long barrel guns and pistols at his residence at Zambrama, near Kwame Danso in the Sene East District of the region.
“In fact, we gathered that he supplied the ringleader of an armed robbery syndicate, Issah Seidu, who was arrested in August this year with guns and ammunition to operate”, DCOP Atibilla indicated.
