Forty-one Burkina Faso nationals were on Monday night, April 13, 2020 intercepted, after they attempted to flee Ghana to their home country.

They were arrested at an inland border checkpoint at Babile, in the Lawra Municipality of the Upper West Region at about 07:30hrs, the Ghana Immigration Service said.

They include 14 males aged between 20 and 50 years; 21 females also aged between 20 and 30 years and 6 children between the ages of 2 and 5.

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The suspects, were onboard two Sprinter buses from Sampa in the Bono Region, where they live as cashew farmers to their home country.

Public Affairs Officer of the Upper West Regional sect of the service, ICO Ibn Yussif Duranah Abdul-Mumin Seidu said the foreigners were arrested upon a tip off.