FOUR persons have been arrested in connection with the death of a game poacher in the Mole Game Reserve in the West Gonja District in the Northern Region.
Two suspects, whose names were not provided for security reasons are in police custody assisting in investigations.
A police source that gave the name of the deceased as Abdulai Seidu Suale, aged 32, said the man died of gunshot wounds when he got caught up in an exchange of fire between anti-poachers of the Mole Game Reserve and some hunters who had strayed into the reserve last Sunday night.
“The game guards realised that some hunters had entered the reserve, and therefore, attempted to arrest them.
However, the hunters resisted and that led to an exchange of gunfire,” the source said.
It said later on, somebody was found dead in the reserve and investigations conducted by the police revealed that he sustained gunshot wounds during the exchange of the fire.
It said the body of the deceased was transported to the Tamale Teaching Hospital morgue and later buried after clearance from the court.
In another development, a farmer whose name was only given as Illiasu has drowned in a river as a result of the floods in the northern parts of the country.
According to the police, the deceased left Damongo last Wednesday to visit his farm at Kotito, a community in the West Gonja District.
They said when the deceased was returning to Damongo, he attempted crossing the Sori River and got drowned.
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