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Bawku police say they will soon be using metal detectors to search for weapons in various homes in the Upper East Region. The Bawku town, according to the Police, has so many illegal weapons which are being used to commit crime. In 2014, government asked residents in the area to exchange their guns for money in a bid to rid the town of illegal arms being used to perpetrate killings in the Mamprusi-Kusasi chieftaincy conflict. Weeks after the announcement, the Bawku Police Commander Chief Superintendent Lovelace Tefutor said the residents were not enthused about the deal. �People are not willing to give information as to where the weapons are but some people have handed over the weapons to the Police voluntarily and we have awarded them,� he said. Only two persons reportedly surrendered their weapons to the security agencies in exchange for cash. However following the latest shooting incident on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry has promised to support the Police with metal detectors in their quest to rid Bawku of weapons. Speaking to Citi News, the Bawku Police Commander, ASP Lovelace Tefutor said the detectors will be better than making the appeal. �The detectors will be better than making the appeal because there is so much love for weapons that no one wants to part it with it�If you go searching for weapon it will take you a very difficult time to even retrieve even one weapon from Bawku so metal detectors will help us. When we suspect any house we cordon it and then search�,� he stated.