Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale
The Tamale Circuit Court has remanded four residents of Yendi in prison custody for possessing an AK 47 rifle loaded with 20 rounds of live ammunition, in a restricted area.
The four, Abdulai Mohammed, Musah Abdulai, Nuhu Muniru and Nasiru Ziblim, were charged with conspiracy to commit crime and possession of firearms without lawful excuse.
The prosecutor, Inspector Vincent Ahiabor, pleaded with the court to remand the accused persons in custody to enable the police to conduct further investigations into the matter.
They will reappear before the court on January 7, next year.
Prosecuting, Mr Ahiabor said at about 7:30 p.m. on December 21, 2007, during a joint military and police patrol in Yendi, a rifle was fired in their direction.
According to him, the security men detected that the shots were coming from an AK 47 rifle for which reason they followed the direction of the sound to a house at Zohe Fong, a suburb, where the four accused persons were arrested.
This was after they had cordoned off the house and conducted a thorough search where the AK 47 rifle with the registered number KP-4472 was retrieved.
The prosecutor said the accused were then sent to the Yendi Police Station where they were interrogated and later arraigned.
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