The Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team of the Ghana Police Service has swooped on and arrested ten land guards and construction labourers at Pokuase, a suburb of Accra on Friday, for trespassing on the 500 acre land belonging to the Otublohum Traditional Stool but which had parts of it appropriated by the erstwhile government for an affordable housing project.
The arrest by personnel from the Greater Accra Regional Police Command was in response to petitions and numerous complaints made by Nana Ansah Sasraku II, the Boundary Chief of the Otublohum Traditional Stool, concerning nefarious activities of very stubborn young men.
Reports alleged that the arrested individuals were operating under the express authority of one "Mr Tamale" and some faceless individuals from Abola Piam in Ga Mashi.
On the day, they had arrived at the Pokuase site equipped with bulldozers, excavators, and other heavy-duty construction equipment.
