Police officers at the Tadzewu-Mitsrikasa barrier in the Volta Region during a routine search in the early hours of Friday, April 18, 2025, seized a sizable consignment of ammunition.
Officers pulled over a Hyundai bus traveling from Accra to Benin, registered GR 8246-Q, at around 3:30 in the morning. 60 boxes of AAA cartridges (15,000 rounds) and 72 cartons of BB cartridges (18,000 rounds) were found during a vehicle search.
The cartridges had been hidden in bags beneath passenger luggage.
A press statement signed by DSP Felix Danku of the Public Affairs Unit of the Service in the Volta Region explained that Abasou Fousseni, 45, the driver, and Salisu Jalilu, 38, his co-driver, were taken into custody to be questioned.
