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The
Ghana
Immigration
Service
has
arrested
a
Chinese
National
and
a
Ghanaian
for
possession
of
arms
and
attempting
to
evade
immigration
officials.
The
arrest
occurred
at
the
Paga
border
post
when
the
Chinese
national
and
his
Ghanaian
accomplice
who
were
travelling
in
Burkina
Faso
registered
vehicle
attempted
to
evade
the
immigration
officials.
A
statement
released
by
the
GIS
on
July
11
said
the
two
upon
seeing
the
immigration
officials
at
the
border
post
sped
off
and
were
chased
by
two
Immigration
officials
on
duty
which
led
to
their
arrest
and
subsequent
interception
of
the
arms.
A
further
search
conducted
by
the
officials
on
the
vehicle
led
to
the
retrieval
of
two
Chinese
pump
action
guns,
eleven
packs
of
body
amour
bags,
two
jack
knives
and
fifteen
electronic
gold
scales.
Other
items
retrieved
included
three
phones,
one
pack
of
suspected
gold
ore,
huge
sums
of
cash
in
cedi
notes,
dollar
and
CFA
notes.
Zhou
Quan
and
Awato
Kwame
have
been
handed
over
to
the
police
for
further
investigations.
In
light
of
this
recent
development,
the
Comptroller-General
of
Immigration,
Kwame
Asuah
Takyi
has
directed
all
commanders
to
tighten
security
at
the
country’s
borders
and
beef
up
patrols
at
all
unapproved
routes.
This
is
to
ensure
that
illegal
entries
and
exists
are
brought
down
to
the
barest
minimum.
