Man arrested for selling weapons

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21-07-08

THE Madina police have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly selling three unregistered locally manufactured pistols and four live cartridges to members of the public.
The suspect, Edem Asio, was picked up at the Washing Bay area near the Ritz junction at Madina where he was selling the weapons.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Madina District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Paul Ayitey, said at about 9 p.m. on June 18, 2008, the suspect, aka Abul Ganash, arrived from Kpando with the pistols and live cartridges offering them for sale.
He said an informant who was approached by the suspect feigned interest in buying the guns, after which he (informant) alerted the police, adding that “men were dispatched to the place and the suspect was quickly arrested”.
He said the suspect, who claimed he had the weapons from a blacksmith at Kpando, could, however, not give the name of the blacksmith.
Chief Superintendent Ayitey said when the suspect was taken to Kpando, he could not lead the police to the house of the blacksmith.
Chief Superintendent Ayitey said the suspect had since been remanded in custody.
He urged members of the public in possession of unregistered weapons to hand them over to the police before they were apprehended.