Two persons arrested for attempting to sell AK47 rifle

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the Police at Aflao, on Saturday arrested two persons, Hansen Yao Ahiadogo, 27 and Klu Agbodo, 25, when they offered an AK 47 rifle for sale to under-cover security personnel.

Two magazines and 15 rounds of ammunition were also found on them.

Sources close to the security told the GNA at Aflao that the BNI and the Police had a tip off that a young man from Accra was offering for sale an AK47-assault rifle at two million cedis.

The sources said personnel from the BNI and the police together with the informant on Saturday disguised themselves as buyers of weapons from Togo, and engaged the two suspects in a bargain at Viepe, a suburb of Aflao where they were residing.

Other security personnel, hiding in a nearby house, broke into the room and arrested the two suspects after a hectic struggle, which resulted in minor injuries to two of the security personnel.

The sources said preliminary investigations revealed that the weapons belonged to Ahiadogo, who brought them from Malam, in Accra and sought the assistance of Agbodo to sell them.

Mr Samuel Seme Wodah, Keta Divisional Police Commander who confirmed the story said the suspects are in police custody pending further investigations.