CONSTRUCTION WORK ON GIS OFFICE AT ZEBILA STARTS

Ms. Adjei said the provision office will help to create job in the area. She expressed the appreciation of the service to the Bawku West District Assembly for releasing plots of land for the construction of quarters for officers as well. Ms. Adjei appealed to the people in the area to give their fullest support to the operation of the service in the border area

The deputy Regional Minister Ms. Elizabeth Awuni, urged the personnel to collaborate with the other security agencies in the region to fight crime.

The officer in charge of Zebilla border post , Assistant superintendent of immigration, Mr. Christopher Attivor, said through their vigilance at the border, an Algerian  of questionable identity who entered the country through an unapproved was arrested, detained and handed over to the police and later deported

He added that earlier this year, two men were also arrested and handed over to the police for trafficking four children from the Garu- Tempane District. The Bawku sector Commander of immigration, Mr. George Atanga highlighting some operational successes chalked up, said some illegal immigrant suspected to be involved in the communal conflict in Bawku were  refused entry between January 2007 and August 2009

He also said the sector intercepted 48 traffickers from the period 2008 and July 2009 adding that three notorious cross border animal rustlers from Togo and Burkina Faso were arrested by the patrol team and subsequently handed over to the police for further action.

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