Three suspected poachers have been arrested by rangers at the Mole National Park in the Savannah Region.
They were allegedly hunting in the reserve.
The suspects named as Saaka Karim, 26; Abdulai Adam, 25 and Ahmed Fatawu, 23 were apprehended on Thursday, June 27.
Two other suspects managed to escape arrest in the forest reserve.
The rangers were on their routine patrols in the park when they spotted multiple footprints and traced to apprehend the suspects.
Confirming the incident to Graphic Online’s Mohammed Fugu, the Law Enforcement Officer of the Mole National Park, Alfred Kofi Bara said all the suspects were farmers and natives of Larabanga, a fringe community of the park.
He said a preliminary investigation showed that the suspects entered the park through the Kananto – Grupe stretch and intended to spend several days in the reserve to hunt various species of animals.
“It would interest you that, Saaka Karim who is one of the suspects entered the park on the 18th of April, 2020 to poach and in the course of pursuing to arrest him, he shot at a staff by the name Haruna Hashim who sustained serious injury on a shoulder.”
The suspect was arraigned on April 20, 2020, and was subsequently fined GH¢1,920.00.
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