Forty-eight foreign nationals, including Cameroonians, Ivoirians and Guineans, have been repatriated for engaging in currency counterfeiting operation in the country, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has revealed.
The Ashanti Regional Commander, ACI Michael Kwadade, who disclosed this, said the counterfeit money dealers were arrested on March 10, 2019 at Maame Ataa Spot and Angel Hostel at Afful-Nkwanta, in Kumasi.
They had in their possession a printing machine and chemicals that are used to produce the counterfeit money at the time of their arrest.
Addressing a news conference in Kumasi yesterday organized by the Ashanti Regional Security Council (RESEC), the GIS commander said the service had also deported 20 Nigerian women who were engaged in commercial sex work in the region.
They include the 16 women arrested at Konongo on January 29, 2019 by a team of immigration and police officers, ACI Kwadade said, and added that these numbers were beside the 52 expatriate employees of Q-Net – a network marketing company, who were repatriated for not having resident permit.
Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, explained that the news conference was intended to brief Ghanaians on pertinent security issues in the region.
It is also meant to rally support to the security agencies to effectively and efficient work for the safety, peace and security of all citizens in the region, he added.
The event was attended by all the heads of the security services and the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, including Brg. Gen J A Aphour, General Officer Commanding, Central Command; COP Kwasi Mensah Duku, Ashanti Regional Police Commander; and ACFO Joshua Nguah, Regional Commander, National Fire Service.
The rest A/C Fredrick Yankey, Regional Commander, GRA Customs Division, Mayor Osei Assibey Antwi and Dr Bobie Boahin of Suame Municipality.
Source: Daily Guide
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What a ***barred word*** country ! You break the laws and you walk free . No jail time . So ***barred word*** to say the least
Congratulations That's a GOOD job but I would like to know if it's possible to improve upon to make it BETTER. Better in the sense that, to me (I stand to be corrected), printing counterfeit money is a criminal offence - if not highly criminal. So why should such offence be met with just a mere pdeportation? Would the UK police do same to a Ghanaian found printing counterfeit money in London or Manchester? Is that fraudster going to be just deported to Ghana? What would have been the outcome if it were in either Germany or the United States of America? I wish we knew for how long the guys spent in printing the national currency. Do we know how many local businesses which have suffered because of these fake notes? Money is lost when found to be fake at the bank. Meaning everyone who received those fake notes lost money at the end. If there are sincere answers to my questions then let us site up as a nation on security issues.