Authorities at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School are using intelligence to root out students in possession of firearms on the school premises.

The institution has caused the arrest of a second-year student for allegedly having in his custody a locally manufactured gun.

According to Headmaster, Michael Mensah, the approach has to be a clandestine one.

"They were even girls who came to me to tell me that they suspect one guy is holding a gun. So quickly, I called the assistant head, domestic. We didn't want to blow it out of proportion because at times when it happens like that and you bump into them, he may decide to hide the thing," he said.

A search for the student on the night had to be aborted as he stayed late outside the campus.

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Acting on information, a dawn search at the dormitory proved futile, subsequently leading them to the classroom as another option.

"Luckily for us, we saw under his desk this gun. So the gun was hidden under his desk, thinking that in the night, where we may probably search may be the dormitory... but he was nowhere to be found," Mr Mensah explained.

However, acting on more information, "we caught him in the morning and then quickly I put him in my car... and took him and the gun to the Tafo Divisional Police Headquarters."

This incident comes weeks after a student, Suzy Pinamang of Adventist Senior High School, was shot in the eye by a classmate.

Nana Yaw Gyimah reports that the 16-year-old OKESS student is currently in police custody for unlawfully possessing a locally made pistol.

A police statement indicates that the student claimed the weapon belonged to his stepfather.

Both the student and his stepfather have been granted police inquiry bail.

They are scheduled to report back on May 19 for further investigations.