The prohibition is provision of an Executive Instrument (E.I) 21 of 1999, which prohibits the manufacture, possession or carriage of firecrackers known as knockouts, display shells, artillery shells as well as ball and canister shells.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) David Eklu, the Director General of Public Affairs at the Police Service, said to ensure strict compliance with the provisions, a charge had been given to personnel deployed for law enforcement duties during the season to arrest persons or groups who act contrary to the E.I.

ACP Eklu advised members of the public in possession of the aforementioned explosives to deposit them with the Police Commander in charge of the nearest Police Station or District.

He urged the public to co-operate in checking and reducing incidents of crime during the yuletide and the New Year.

Meanwhile a section of the public has raised concerns about the importation of the explosives identified under the Instrument that the stakeholders should rather discourage its importation than to be arresting individuals and groups who patronise.

Nana Agyei, a concerned citizen said “if you want to curb this menace, why don’t you rather check and apprehend those who import and sell the explosives”.