Eastern Region: 21 herdsmen arrested for unlawful possession of weapons

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Twenty-one (21) herdsmen in the Eastern Region have been arrested for possessing firearms and offensive weapons without lawful authorization.

According to the Special Anti-Robbery Task Force of the Ghana Police Service in the region, these herdsmen were arrested at Donkorkrom in a joint operation on Saturday, August 28, 2021.[ads2]

The police state that a search on the herdsmen led to the retrieval of 17 machetes, one foreign pistol, three locally-manufactured pistols, four single-barrel shotguns, two daggers, 66 live AAA and 12 BB cartridges, eleven 410 cartridges, ten 7.65mm ammunition and 19 mobile phones.

All the 21 are currently in police custody awaiting trial.

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