Kumasi, April 5, GNA – Police at Sofoline in Kumasi have arrested two students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), for allegedly pirating the works of some musicians in the country.
Ebenezer Larkai Quaye and Samuel Antwi Boasiako, both Bachelor of Science, Planning, students were arrested by a joint police and anti piracy taskforce of the Ghana Association of Phonographic Industry (GAPI) and the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) in a house at Ayeduase, near the KNUST.
The joint security team retrieved four computer system units, four keyboards a television set, two mouse and 37 assorted pirated compact discs (CDs) from the room of the suspects.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Ameyaw Afriyie, Sofoline District Police Commander, who confirmed the arrest to the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi on Thursday, said the suspects were picked-up in their hideout at Ayeduase on Tuesday evening upon a tip-off. He said they had been granted police inquiry bail while arrangements were underway to arraign them. 05 April 07
Source: GhanaWeb
