The Ghana Police Service is on the heels of a man who welcomed the year 2022 with firing of several warning shots into the air with an AK 47 assault rifle at A&C Mall at East Legon in Accra.
He is wanted by the police for discharging a firearm in public “without lawful and necessary occasion under Section 209 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).
A statement from the police says the Police have intercepted a video which went viral on social media in which a young man is seen firing several shots of a firearm suspected to be AK 47 at A&C Mall, East Legon on December 31, 2021, purportedly to welcome the new year.
The Police said they have taken a serious stance against the actions of the youngman since it is a crime to discharge a firearm in public without lawful and necessary occasion under Section 209 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).
The Police Administration after reviewing the video footage has placed an amount of Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵5,000.00) as a bounty for anyone who can provide information leading to his arrest to face prosecution.
By Vincent Kubi