Wee Arrested in Fake Diplomatic Vehicle

Two men are currently in the grips of the Volta Regional Police Command after they run out of luck in an attempt to use a fake Diplomatic Vehicle to convey suspected Indian hemp. Checks indicate that the Diplomatic Vehicle number on the vehicle, CD 182-13 falls within the British High Commission allotment of diplomatic numbers issued by the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) of Ghana.

The two who have been identified as Ahmed Harunah, 39 and Akoto Castro, 24 were arrested last Sunday, 25^th January, 2015 by the Volta Regional Highway Patrol Team.

They were arrested at about 4:00pm in Frankadua in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region which is under that Peki Division of the Volta Regional Police Command.

Work begins on GRA Customs academy hostels at Kpetoe

Graphical Impression of the Hostel

Work has begun for the construction of male and female hostels at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Academy at Kpetoe in the Agotime-Ziope district.

The academy, which is the only customs training school in the country, has not seen any major facelift since its establishment many decades ago.

This situation has inconvenient trainees of the academy, who have been sleeping a material warehouse for the past forty years.

But, cutting the sod for the 10 million Ghana cedis project,   the Acting Commissioner of the Customs Division, Mr Wallace Kofi Akondor expressed optimism that, the 82 and 102 beds female and male hostel facility, when completed  would boost the training of more personnel and also reduce the cost of personnel training for the Division.