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POLICE IN Tamale are on a wild hunt for Yahuza Fusheini aka Yahoyaho, a known National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial caller in the region, for his alleged involvement in stealing assorted drugs and equipment belonging to the Ministry of Health. The suspect, currently on the run, was alleged to have, with the help of his accomplices, stolen the items from the Tamale Medical stores and concealed them in his new house, which is under construction. Police told Daily Guide the items and drugs retrieved from the house were worth several thousands of Ghana cedis. According to the security personnel, they acted upon a tip-off that the suspect was hiding quantities of assorted drugs and medical equipment at his house at South Lamashegu, a suburb of the metropolis. Upon visiting the scene, the security realized that the building was under construction but one of the rooms had been sealed, suggesting that it was being occupied. Police indicated that Yahuza Fusheini was called to meet the police at the scene, but he told them he was out of town and could therefore not honour their request. The assemblyman of the area, Abu Takoro, was therefore called to the scene to enable the police break into the room. When the police finally entered the room, they discovered the stolen items, which were immediately carted to the police station. Personnel of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, including the matron, who were called to the scene, confirmed that the items were from the Medical stores where drugs and other medical equipment were kept. Some of the retrieved items included a medium sized polytank, packs of BCG syringes, insulin syringes for diabetic patients, ice packs, bandages, weighing scales, amoxicillin powder, water for injection, bandages, weighing scales and a wheelchair. The thieves also stole an office chair. The theft comes in the wake of reports of about 100 bags of rice and 480 cartons of cooking oil, gone missing from the same Medical stores. The items belonged to the World Food Programme. Last month, two motorbikes and two polytanks were reportedly stolen in broad daylight from the warehouse manned by a store keeper and a security man. Sources have linked the storekeeper to the series of thefts but it has been gathered that authorities at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) only interdicted the storekeeper and asked him to return the missing items. The new discovery, Daily Guide has been told, would open a window for fresh investigations to enable the police to unravel the mystery surrounding the numerous thefts at the stores in recent times. The alleged thieves, believed to have formed a looting brigade, according to deep throat sources, are leading members of the ruling party in the region who were recently appointed by the GHS. The stolen items have since been handed over to the Regional Health Directorate upon reports that some of the drugs were short in supply.