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38 Persons Arrested for Alleged Assault on Police Officers

Two others have also been detained at the Tema Regional Police Command for possessing arms belonging to the assaulted officers.

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested 36 persons for an alleged assault on police officers at Luhour, a suburb of Sege in the Ada West District.

Two others have also been detained at the Tema Regional Police Command for possessing arms belonging to the assaulted officers.

The information available to the Ghana News Agency at Ada indicates that some men believed to be surveyors were spotted at the Community School on Thursday, October 21, 2021, in a vehicle.

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According to the information, some of the residents approached the ‘surveyors’ to find out why they were there and noticed that there were police officers in the vehicle with the alleged surveyors.

The source said the residents insisted that the masked police officer should be unmasked for proper identification, which ignited a series of arguments, resulting in a fight between the police officers and the residents.

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested 36 persons for an alleged assault on police officers at Luhour, a suburb of Sege in the Ada West District.

Two others have also been detained at the Tema Regional Police Command for possessing arms belonging to the assaulted officers.

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The information available to the Ghana News Agency at Ada indicates that some men believed to be surveyors were spotted at the Community School on Thursday, October 21, 2021, in a vehicle.

According to the information, some of the residents approached the ‘surveyors’ to find out why they were there and noticed that there were police officers in the vehicle with the alleged surveyors.

The source said the residents insisted that the masked police officer should be unmasked for proper identification, which ignited a series of arguments, resulting in a fight between the police officers and the residents.

He said all the 38 peoples were currently in the custody of the Tema Regional Police command.

SourceGNA

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