Some 170 suspects have been arrested in a joint security operation code-named Koudanlgou III near the Ghana-Togo borders The Ghana Report has gathered.
The exercise, according to a statement from National Security, was to stop planned terrorist activities and other criminal moves by the suspects.
“The exercise is aimed at preventing terrorist activities, illegal resource extraction, drug trafficking, dealing in illicit arms, smuggling, among other transnational crimes,” the statement read.
The statement further said, some of the suspects possessed illegal weapons, including locally-manufactured and foreign single/double-barreled guns totaling 108 “without any valid document covering them”.
“Others, too, have not had their authorization renewed for years. Illegal miners including foreigners were also arrested at ‘Dollar Power’ near Bole,” the statement added.
Read full statement below:
