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The security agencies, led by the Ghana Police Service, last Sunday rounded up about 500 foreigners in a dawn swoop at various locations in the Bolgatanga municipality in the Upper East Region.
Preliminary investigations showed that 18 of the foreigners were Burkinabes, while the rest were Nigerians.
The two-hour swoop was led by personnel from the Upper East Regional Police Command, with support from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
The Public Affairs Officer of the Upper East Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr David Fianko-Okyere, who made this known to the Daily Graphic in Bolgatanga last Sunday evening, said the foreigners were being taken through further levels of screening to ascertain the veracity of their claims to various nationalities.
Clampdown on illegal immigrants: 507 foreigners arrested in Bolgatanga
April 27, 2021
At least 507 illegal immigrants have been arrested in a swoopin theBolgatangaMunicipality of the Upper East, on Sunday, by a combined team of the Police, Ghana Immigration Service and National Security.
The suspects, who are between the ages of 19 and 35 years, comprises of 494 Nigerians, including six females, and 13 Burkinabes, were reported to have entered the country through unapproved routes.
The exercise, which was conducted in areas,including Zaare,Sokabisi and Yekeni, was to check the influx ofillegal immigrants and criminal activities in the municipality.
The Director of the Police Public Affairs, Superintendent of Police (Supt) Sheila KessieAbayie-Buckman,who disclosed these to the Ghanaian Times, in Accra,yesterday, stating that the illegal immigrants entered the country whiles the borders were closed as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The security agencies, led by the Ghana Police Service, last Sunday rounded up about 500 foreigners in a dawn swoop at various locations in the Bolgatanga municipality in the Upper East Region. Preliminary investigations showed that 18 of the foreigners were Burkinabes, while the rest were Nigerians.
The two-hour swoop was led by personnel from the Upper East Regional Police Command, with support from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
The Public Affairs Officer of the Upper East Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr David Fianko-Okyere, who made this known to the Daily Graphic in Bolgatanga last Sunday evening, said the foreigners were being taken through further levels of screening to ascertain the veracity of their claims to various nationalities.
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