Police Armour Officer of the Upper East Regional Police Command, Corporal Effah Kyere Boadu, has been detained in Police custody for selling three pistols belonging to the Ghana Police Service to armed robbers who are terrorizing residents of the area.
Corporal Effah Kyere Boadu of the Regional CID in Bolgatanga was arrested after the armed robbers who failed in an operation named him as their source of weapons supply.
According to police investigators, the Regional patrol team trailed them after serious gunfire exchanges and succeeded in arresting them.
When asked about their source of weapons, they pointed at Corporal Effah Kyere as been their source for weapons.
A search conducted in their rooms at their homes revealed pistol boxes and ammunitions.
The suspects together with Corporal Effah Kyere have been detained at Navrongo police Station cell so they do not compromise investigations.
source:a1radioonline.com/Ghana