The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested a passenger bus travelling from Kumasi to Bunkrugu with lots of ammunition concealed under the driver's seat.
The vehicle, which was arrested on Saturday morning at Datoyili near Tamale, had 178 AK47 rounds of ammunition, 80-9mm rounds of pistol
ammunition, 8 bayonets and 19 porches normally used by the military.
The driver Abdala Yaro, 28, and the mate Yennusom Ibrahim, 20, had been arrested and would be put before court, Assistant Commissioner of Police
Angwubutoge Awuni, the Northern Regional Police Commander, told newsmen on Sunday in Tamale.
He said the police received intelligence last week that a prominent politician was trying to send ammunition to the Bunkrugu area to support one
of the factions involved in the Temaa and Biarug conflicts.
Mr Awuni said security had been alert upon receiving the information leading to the arrest of the vehicle.
"Politicians who have interest in the northern conflicts must desist from it because there would find it tough with the security".
He also urged drivers and vehicle owners to be vigilant and not to allow anyone to use their vehicles for such purposes because they would be dealt with in accordance to the law when caught.