The Bono East Regional Police Command has arrested five persons alleged to be in the business of illegally manufacturing guns in Kintampo.
The arrest followed an intelligence-led operation aimed at breaking into the criminal enterprise in the region.
A statement from the police said several implements used for manufacturing weapons have been retrieved from two “criminal enterprises.”
The Public Relations Officer for the Bono East Regional Command, ASP Amponsa Bosie Dankwa, said 43 pieces of gun butts which were to be turned into fully functioning riffles, gun barrels, and ammunition were confiscated from the criminal enterprises.
Last week, Kwesi Bayele, a 25-year-old young man, was arrested for allegedly manufacturing and dealing in illegal firearms in the Bono East Region.
During a search, the Police retrieved 20 ammunitions including; locally-manufactured long barrel guns and pistols at his residence at Zambrama, near Kwame Danso in the Sene East District of the region.
“In fact, we gathered that he supplied the ringleader of an armed robbery syndicate, Issah Seidu, who was arrested in August this year with guns and ammunition to operate”, DCOP Atibilla indicated.