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We don't know how robbers get sophisticated guns - Police

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  • J. J. RAWLINGS 11 years ago

    GHANA MUST RISE UP. ARE GHANAIANS THAT FOOLISH???????????? WHY ARE GHANAIANS IN THAT SHIT AT THIS TIME OF OUR HISTORY?? ARE GHANAIANS SO BLIND?? TEACHERS, WHY HAVE YOU GIVEN UP?? ARE YOU SO STUPID???
    WHY CAN'T GHANAIANS FIG ...
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  • NEXT IS DEDE 11 years ago

    police definately know how things get through borders. when they accept bribes and let the drivers go, thats what is is.

  • Wiseman 11 years ago

    That is one.

    The police should ask former president Kufuor under whose government guns were ordered and catered from the port of Tema under mysterious circumstances by certain unidentified people in the night and sent to d ...
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  • The sage 11 years ago

    Don't mind them they are the source of our failure because they are bribe takers and the source of our downfall.
    They know where the weapons are got from if not who gave them out is it not the Police who hire them out? on se ...
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  • 49ers 11 years ago

    The only thing known of Ghana Police of which they're best of is that standing by the roadside collecting bribes from drivers Wasn't the Police officer not shame of saying such cheap talk on the FM station

  • Kolo 11 years ago

    police are part of the robbery system..they should know by themselves.

  • 3TW3 Y3D3 11 years ago

    You sound like you were born out a pig's anus.

    Do you even know the meaning of the word "tyranny?

    Asshole!

  • CTZ 11 years ago

    YOU KNOW BETTER GHANA POLICE!!!!

  • OSLO 11 years ago

    ITS A PITY TO READ THIS FROM A HIGH RANK POLICE OFFICER.
    WHEN THE POLICEMEN ARE CORRUPT IN THE BORDERS WHEN SOMEONE CAN EASILY BRIBE HIMSELF INTO THE COUNTRY WITH FEW CEDIS. WHEN POLICE TAKE BRIBES WHEN THEY SEE A CAR, WITHO ...
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  • Kwadwo 11 years ago

    Simply ask NDC organizer, Boateng Gyan

  • JATO 11 years ago

    OYIWAH!NDC CHOSE TO PRODUCE MORE YAW BOATENG GYAN CHILD-SOLDIERS,THAN FREE HIGH SCHOOL BASIC EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUTH.NDC ARE NATION WRECKERS.THE NATION SECURITY AGENCIES MUST STOP THEIR SELECTIVE JUSTICS AND FOCUS ON GHANA FI ...
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  • Kweku Tsikata 11 years ago

    Our police are liars if they say they don't know where those guns are from.Some where last year, a truck full of guns from Nigeria were stopped at Aflao border and those Nigerians drivers stole away into bush.

    Did we have ...
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  • Wiseman 11 years ago

    Yeah, you're right. I remember I read this article too, which I must have somewhere.

  • afia nsiah 11 years ago

    if police wish know then they should find out from the criminals they arrest.. some of them alledgedly use rented weapons from some corrupt police officers.. it is about time ghana police is well resoursed. the army can be u ...
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  • Osei Yao 11 years ago

    this is a foolish statement. police work with intelligence. If sergeant Danso does not know how the police could collect intelligence then the police service has failed.

  • xx 11 years ago

    The country is awashed with weapons from the civil war.

  • AGLANMAKO 11 years ago

    REPUBLIC OF LA COTE D'IVOIRE WAR IS A MENACE TO GHANA SECURITY. LET ALL SECURITY APPARATUS BE ALERT AND CHECK ANYTHING THAT IS COMING TO GHANA FROM LA COTE D'IVOIRE.

  • MENSAH 11 years ago

    GHANA should place a BAN ON GUN USAGE AND LET ARMED ROBBERS FACE FIRING SQUAD.THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY CURE FOR INSECURITY GHANA FACES.

  • GOD IS MY JUDGE HONESTNEST 11 years ago

    Well said ban them we dont need guns as food period.Our so called ministers are save cos they have ploice protection.

  • PALMWINE SELLER 11 years ago

    Ghana police. What hapened to police inteligebce and decoys. What a shame.

  • John Atiga 11 years ago

    They got the guns from when J J Made a coup and guns were freely given out. Those guns never went back but ended in Liberia, Ivory Coast and in the hands of criminals in Ghana

  • concerned ghanaian 11 years ago

    ONLY KIDS BORN AROUND RAWLINGS ERA DO NOT KNOW HOW SOPHISTICATED GUNS GOT INTO THE HANDS OF SOME GHANAIANS.
    JERRY JOHN ARMED THE CADRES OF HIS DEFENCE OF HIS REVOLUTION WITH ALL SORTS OF GUNS AND AMMUNITIONS INCLUDING THE P ...
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  • Kjo 11 years ago

    Police know all the robbers in Ghana and where they get their guns from. Police know all weed smokers and where (hideouts)they smoke their weeds.

  • KOFI-DANSO-CALIFORNIA-USA. 11 years ago

    WELL SAID KJO.THEY KNOW THE CRIMINALS AND THEIR HIDEOUTS BUT WILL HARDLY RAID THESE PLACES.THEY GO ON RAID ONCE IN A WHILE AND RELAX INSTEAD OF REGULAR RAIDS AND THEY EXPECT TO STEM CRIME.GHANA POLICE ARE SIMPLY A LAZY AND I ...
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  • Titugri 11 years ago

    Why will government allow people to purchase these dangerous weapons only to turn around and sell them to criminals? Whereas it may be OK for people to have certain types of guns for hunting and self protection, it is necessa ...
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  • ABU 11 years ago

    I can convincingly and authoritatively point fingures and blame the Rawlings's bogus revolutions for the proliferations of fire arms with some falling into the hands of criminals.His establishing of those vagabond and crimina ...
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  • john comey 11 years ago

    re.blame k4,stupid animals who have got their common sense into the garbage.jj use u people for his benefit.the garbage rawlings cultured is skinking on everyone.inciting moslems on violence why dont use the ewes?now this ani ...
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  • THE TRUTH 11 years ago

    then why do we have a police service in the first place? i really wonder what they really do. if they cant figure out the source of their sophisticated guns,what are we civilians to do then? and funny enough they are urging u ...
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  • THE TRUTH 11 years ago

    then why do we have a police service in the first place? i really wonder what they really do. if they cant figure out the source of their sophisticated guns,what are we civilians to do then? and funny enough they are urging u ...
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  • Balawo President 11 years ago

    It's heartbreaking to learn that Ghana police have admitted failure in this area of national security. The only question is: do we have an intelligence unit in our police force?

  • CALOS-TANTRA HILLS. 11 years ago

    THAT TELLS THE POLICE DO NOT KNOW WHAT,S HAPPENING IN GHANA NOW THAT GUNS ARE NOW BEING RENTED OUT IN GHANA.THE OWNERS OF SUCH RENTED GUNS DO NOT CARE TO KNOW WHAT THE GUNS ARE RENTED FOR AS LONG AS THE RENTS ARE PAID.GHANA P ...
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  • CPP UK 11 years ago

    The number is too long by the time you even rememeber these 5 number you would be gone.Why can't they pick just (555)

  • Kwaku Nyame 11 years ago

    There had been various arrest of armed robbers who used sophisticated guns by the police many times. At least the police should know from these arrested criminals where they got their sophisticated guns. That statement by the ...
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  • Akwasi Pee 11 years ago

    Muster courage not master courage.Poorly educated idiot.

  • fianko-okyere david 11 years ago

    this is a lazy work done by a journalist.the sergeant has been misconstrued.the were errors in the writing of the stories the angle is ok but there are in accuracies it best qualifies as a feature and not a news since in the ...
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  • Frimpong Manso Dakabre 11 years ago

    On my oppinion Ghana police should be privitised period. They just a burden on the nation

  • post 11 years ago

    Ask jj rawmeat and his 67th battalion. Again what has become of a truck load of AK47 and amunitions that was intercepted at Aflao boarder about four months ago

  • John Kpeglo 11 years ago

    Your men in uniform were "HIGH" when you selling their riffles so neither they nor you will know that most of the guns come from your armoury! Shameless Police!

  • MINDU 11 years ago

    the police need to do more thinking than stting their ass taken bribes

  • Asante Original - Ghanaian Patriot 11 years ago

    NDC give their F00L Soldiers guns to use against their opponents.

  • Woman's wisdom 11 years ago

    Yaw Boateng Gyan gave out 3,000 sophisticated guns under the watch of Asiedu Nkasei per the directives of Okromfour Jon Mahama to the supposed NDC foot soldiers. The only way to combact this stupid idea is to uproot Jon maham ...
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  • Asaedu Nketia ugly mosqito 11 years ago

    WHY CANT THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT ASIEDU AND HIS NDC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY SHIT THAT GO WRONG IN OUR COUNTRY.

  • GHANA ba. 11 years ago

    When they abolish the Rawlings made commando, Npp desolve the commando,s unit without disarming them. Instead of letting them join the regular army. Some of those guys sold their weapons and that is what we are all reaping to ...
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  • KWAA 11 years ago

    What does the Ghanaian Police know apart from taking bribes?Even if they know the sources where the Guns are coming from,they will take bribe and allowe it to pass.

  • monty 11 years ago

    You won't know bcos everything is possible in Ghana these days except to change man into a woman. Very soon Ghana will become armed robbe capital of the world.

  • Justan 11 years ago

    I WAS RELIABLY INFORMED THAT THE POLICE PEOPLE ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF SUPPLY OF THE GUNS. THE ROBBERS ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO SHARE THE BOOTIES. THESE ROBBERS CAN NEVER GET CAUGHT UNLESS THERE IS BREACH OF CONTRACT-PO ...
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  • sethos 11 years ago

    If the police don't know how these weapons fall into the hands of criminals it is no wonder. Something must be done to shake the police force

  • THE WHOLE GHANA. 11 years ago

    you dont know how robbers get guns then you dont know your duty oh ghana police

  • AAD 11 years ago

    From the police..

  • KWAKU VI 11 years ago

    Answer is easy. The NDC Govt gave them the weapons to terrorise Kumasi residents. The plan was to rain mayhem on Kumasi before the elections. That was the main reason why the government planned to send troops to Kumasi suppos ...
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  • citizen ma 11 years ago

    ask mahama and asiedu nketia, clueless fools

  • Do Somtin 11 years ago

    Is Mr Sergeant telling us he isn't aware some of his people are suppliers of guns to criminals? Come on.

  • angle man 11 years ago

    Is a shame to say police donts knew how the guns gets to the hands of criminals, Even Kayakaya or a chacoal seller besides our public toilets knew how its got to the hands of the criminals,one is the Customs who allowed it t ...
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  • Mohammed Ibrahim 11 years ago

    Robbers get their Sophisticated guns from Gun runners.Please stop these Guns from coming to Ghana.Seize all illegal Guns from the Criminal.
    Ghana Police should first annouce amnesty for anybody having illegal gun to go to Po ...
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  • shamu 11 years ago

    NPPs are the ones doing that. Just to create problems in the country. I will advice police department to take close look at NPP leaders. Why will NPP even use arm robbers to gain popularity? This is crazy NPP politics

  • Kobe 11 years ago

    housing address should be improved in Ghana to help the usage of GPS..in that way emergencies like robbery/fire etc can be controlled.at least if not all a greater percentage will be dealt with.

  • kwame 11 years ago

    ghana police check the borders not bribe .goods coming into the country should be checked especaily from Togo and ivory cost.

  • angle man 11 years ago

    U see mr Cotiman we knew very well as we are all Ghanians, only few of u are clean,about 75percent of Gh police are all criminals,we donts had faith in u guys,u do rent even yoir guns to armed robbers,we knew how you takes mo ...
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  • Nana Egyir Aggrey 11 years ago

    Your ACTIONS are responsible for your sins and virtues:-what a stupid statement-(we don't know how robbers get sophisticated guns)any idiot can have a gun it is like any commodity which can be bought by anybody. Gun culture w ...
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