The police at the weekend pushed the fight against violent crime closer to the roots when they raided a gun manufacturing base at Breman Anhwiam in the Central Region and seized 30 assorted weapons in the process.
Two blacksmiths and a woman alleged to be involved in the manufacture of the weapons and allegedly selling them to armed robbers were also arrested by the Blue Eagle Unit of the Ghana Police Service, which conducted the raid.
The three are Raphael Amenyo, 40, Raphael Ntsire, 42, and Araba Mensimah, 28, and wife of Ntireh.
When their rooms were searched 22 single-barreled and three double-barreled guns, as well as five pistols, including two revolvers, were found. Also seized were the machines used for the manufacture of the guns.
Briefing the media after the operation, the Director of Operations at the Police Headquarters, assistant Commissioner of Police (ACOP) Boi-Bi-Boi, said the activities of blacksmiths had contributed greatly to the activities of armed robbers and other criminals in the country.
He said the police had information about the illicit activities of the two blacksmiths, who had been manufacturing the guns in the village and had been supplying them to armed robbers. He said a team of police personnel were quickly dispatched from Accra to the area and the suspects were arrested in the act of producing more guns.
ACOP Boi-Bi-Boi said the woman among them was arrested because some of the guns were found hidden under her bed.
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