Violence: Kukurantumi police station closed

The Eastern Regional Police Command has issued a statement announcing the closure of the Kukurantumi Police Station after a violent attack by some youth of the town.

In the statement dated September 21, 2025, the Command explained that the Inspector-General of Police had directed the withdrawal of all police personnel from the Kukurantumi Police Station following the violent attack. The youth reportedly stormed the station and barracks with stones, clubs, and other weapons and attempted to set the building on fire.

According to the police, the incident was linked to the death of a suspect, Bright Kena, popularly known as D-ball, who had been arrested for unlawful entry and stealing. He was on admission at the Community Hospital in Kukurantumi when he died.

The statement further indicated that a reinforcement team was deployed to the area and managed to restore calm, law, and order. It also assured that investigations had begun into the circumstances surrounding the suspect’s death. The Police Professional Standards Bureau and the Criminal Investigations Department are leading the probe.

Additionally, the Command disclosed that video footage of the attack is being reviewed, and perpetrators will be identified, arrested, and prosecuted. It noted that the deceased’s family and community leaders had been engaged and assured of a thorough investigation.

The Eastern Regional Police Command, in the statement, urged the public to use lawful means to resolve grievances instead of resorting to violence.

Meanwhile, the North East Regional Police Command, in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) in Nalerigu, has intercepted a major consignment of Tramadol Hydrochloride. The operation led to the arrest of six suspects at Gbintri near Nalerigu.

The operation, conducted on September 18, 2025, uncovered 1,195 boxes of Tramadol Hydrochloride 120mg, popularly referred to as “Red.” The restricted pharmaceutical drug was discovered concealed in a truck during a coordinated security exercise.

The suspects have been identified as Alhassan Braimah, Yakubu Muntaka, Abdulai Shakur, Mumuni Iddrisu, Mumuni Yakubu, and Moses Ayorik. They were apprehended after two trucks, with registration numbers GR 1712-16 and AW 4417-14, were intercepted. According to police, the vehicles had been loaded from Sankase in the Republic of Togo and were en route to Gbintri.

A thorough search of the trucks revealed the concealed consignment among other goods in one of the vehicles with registration number GR 1712-16. The seized drugs have since been secured as evidence.

During interrogation, the suspects reportedly confessed that the consignment was intended for Moses Ayorik in Gbintri, who was to facilitate its onward delivery to another individual in Gushegu.