Police Arrest Soldier At A&C Mall For Discharging Firearms

The police have arrested Flt Sergeant Nicholas Owusu Frimpong for firing an AK 47 rifle several times into the air to welcome year 2022 at the A&C Mall in East Legon in Accra on New Year’s eve.

The police say it is an offence to discharge a firearm in public “without lawful and necessary occasion under Section 209 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29).”

“The suspect is currently detained by the military police whilst investigations continue,” the police statement signed by Supt Alexander Kwaku Obeng, director of public affairs said.

Attached below are details of the statement:

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