{"id":26831,"date":"2021-04-27T20:44:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=26831"},"modified":"2021-04-27T21:02:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T20:02:02","slug":"out-of-507-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-ghana-494-are-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/27\/out-of-507-illegal-immigrants-arrested-in-ghana-494-are-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of 507 illegal immigrants arrested, 494 are Nigerians &#8211; Ghana Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>507 illegal immigrants have been arrested in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East, by a combined team of the Police, Ghana Immigration Service and National Security, according to Ghanaian Times.<\/p>\n<p>Those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/27\/two-notorious-criminals-terrorizing-yenagoa-market-arrested-in-bayelsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a>, who are between the ages of 19 and 35 years, comprised 494 Nigerians, including six females, and 13 Burkinabes. 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