Ghana Police Arrest 26 Persons For Wielding Toy Guns In Public: "Breach Of Peace"
- Police have arrested 26 persons for breaching public peace by firing toy guns in public areas
- In a statement, police said the indiscriminate use of toy guns was becoming a worrying trend
- Police justified the arrests by citing Section 207 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)
The Ghana Police Service has arrested 26 individuals for allegedly breaching public peace by firing toy guns in public areas.
The suspects are currently assisting with investigations and will be arraigned in court soon.
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In a statement, police said the indiscriminate use of toy guns was becoming a trend which they intend to crack down on.
"Police special operations are underway to arrest others involved in this act, which is becoming a trend in some parts of the country."
Police justified the arrests by citing Section 207 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
This section of the law notes that a person who, in a public place or at any public meeting, uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or by which a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned, commits a misdemeanour.
Concern over smuggling of arms in Ghana
On November 20, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority seized over 50 handguns, magazines and ammunition at the Tema Port.
The contraband goods arrived at the port's Golden Jubilee Terminal in three suitcases concealed in a 40-foot container.
According to Brigadier Ayorrogo, the importers had told port officials that the container contained vehicles.
Earlier in the year, Kojo Owusu Dartey, a Ghanaian in the US Army, was convicted of smuggling guns into Ghana. The smuggled guns were hidden in barrels of rice.
Smuggling between Ghana and Nigeria
YEN.com.gh reported that security agencies intercepted smuggled mining explosives at a border in the Volta Region.
The explosives, believed to have been made in Nigeria, were reportedly transported by road and brought in through the Kpoglo border.
The Chronicle reported that the security agencies effected the May 29 seizure at the Segbe Border Post, north of Aflao.
Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh
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