13 black market operators arrested
The National Security Task Force, in a Rambo style, on Tuesday arrested 13 persons engaging in illegal foreign exchange trading .
The Team comprised personnel from the Ghana Police Service, the National Intelligence Bureau, and the National Fusion Center of the Ministry of National Security, conducted the swoop around Osu and Tudu, both suburbs of Accra and other notorious areas noted for black market trading.
The move was in a bid to curb further depreciation of foreign currencies and regulate forex trading,
They managed to retrieve various sums of money from the suspects including- USD17,840- CUSD1,450- Naira 515,000 CFA1,167,000, GH¢419,685, €230, and 50 Egyptian pounds.
The suspects and all exhibits have since been handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
