Police Arrest Suspect for Possession of Suspected Counterfeit Foreign Currency and Unauthorised Firearm at Ablekuma
The Ghana Police Service, through its National Operations Directorate Surveillance Unit, has arrested a man at Ablekuma in the Greater Accra Region for allegedly possessing suspected counterfeit foreign currency and a firearm without lawful authority.
The suspect, identified as Josiah Elorm Kwame Amezado, was arrested following intelligence reports that a self-styled fetish priest in the area was involved in criminal activities and unlawfully in possession of a firearm, posing a potential threat to residents.
According to the police, a search conducted in the suspect’s room led to the discovery of quantities of US dollar notes in one-hundred-dollar denominations, believed to be counterfeit. Other items retrieved included a pair of handcuffs, a black vest, a Kuzey A100 blank pistol, a...