Seven Nigerian stowaways arrested at Tema Port
Seven stowaways aboard a Chinese vessel travelling from Nigeria to South Africa have been arrested at the Tema Port.
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The culprits, Nigerians, were detected after the vessel made a stopover at the port to unload cargo meant for a Ghanaian importer.
Their arrest comes at a time that the management of the port has tightened its internal security to make it unattractive for stowaways.
Stowaways are often economic migrants who hide themselves aboard vessels. They sometimes do so in collusion with a ship’s crew who sometimes charge them huge sums.
Apprehension
The Marketing and Public Relations Manager at Tema Port, Mr Paul Ansah Asare, told the Daily Graphic that the suspects were arrested on August 25, 2015 on board MV Guo Tuo 108, after two of them disembarked, thinking that they were in South Africa instead of Ghana.
He also said the Port Security Intelligence Department, which received the information, went aboard the
