From Tim Dzamboe, Ho
Irate youth numbering about 200 have taken the police at Nkwanta in the Volta Region hostage and forcibly released a colleague who had been arrested by the police for possessing a bikal shotgun with cartridges.
The youth, armed with offensive weapons such as machetes and cudgels, were said to have blocked the road, amidst threats to set the police vehicle ablaze, and demanded the immediate release of the suspect.
Briefing The Mirror, the Volta Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Joy Afagbedzi, said the police, led by ASP Douglas Kuma, and three others had gone on an operation with a service vehicle, GP 1216, at Nkwanta when the confrontation occurred.
He said during the patrol and observation duty, the police came across Yaba Mabeli armed with the gun and ammunition at an area known as Komi No.2, near the Civic Centre at Nkwanta.
The PRO said Yaba was arrested and while being taken to the police station, the irate youth group gathered spontaneously and blocked the road, adding that not even the intervention of the assembly member could change their position as they forcefully took away their colleague.
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