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Police arrest 9-member armed gang after fierce gun battle

Latifa Carlos
Last updated: August 31, 2019 4:08 pm
Latifa Carlos
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The counter-terrorism division of the police has arrested nine members of a highly sophisticated and armed land guard syndicate.

The gang engaged a fierce gun battle with the police at Kokrobite, a suburb of Accra, on Friday afternoon.

There were no casualties but the police say the fighting went on in the open for more than two hours before police subdued them.

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Some item seized from them includes a short-barrelled gun, drone for monitoring, TV monitors, scissors, machetes, cartridges, mobile phones, tramadol and marijuana.

The police are pursuing others who are said to be connected to the gang.

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Source: Myjoyonline

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