Four persons, including two police­men, who allegedly attempted to sell 50 pieces of pump action rifles on the open market in Accra were Wednesday remanded in prison custody by the Accra Circuit Court. The accused persons, Inspector Simon Amedekanya of the Tesano Police Station, Corporal Doris Oppong Asante of the Arms and Ammunitions Section of the Tesano Divisional Headquarters, Isaac Siada, a trader, and Kwabena Amoah, a driver, are facing provisional charges of possession of fire arms without authonty. Their pleas were· not taken and the court, presided over by Mrs Ivy Heward ­Mills, remanded them until June 23, 2009. The 'facts of the case as presented by the prosecution, are that Siada is a dealer in spare parts, while Amoah is the personal driver of Inspector Oppong of the Arms and Ammunition Section of the·Nima Police Station. Accordingto tbe prosecution, the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) received intelligence reports on June 12, 2009 that some people were engaged in illegal sale of firearms near the Achimo­ta Overhead Bridge and dispatched men to the scene. It said the accused persons were arrested with the guns packed in boxes and investigations revealed that on June 11, 2009, one Obiri Yeboah, a friend of Siada's, had called Siada on telephone to say that one Alhaji wanted some guns to buy. As a result Siada was said to have contacted Inspector Amedekanya for assistance to arrange for the guns and the Inspector also contacted Corporal Asante. According to the prosecution, Corporal· Asante also contacted Inspector Oppong, who supplied the 50 pieces of guns, after which she, together with Amoah, was assigned to carry them in Inspector Oppong's Opel Vectra vehicle to the point of sale to meet the said Alhaji for inspection and payment. The accused persons were arrested in the transaction process. Meanwhile further investigations into the matter are ongoing to apprehend the said Alhaji Alhaji and other accomplices involved. Source: Daily Graphic