Security personnel in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi have rescued two Canadian Nationals who were kidnapped in Kumasi by unknown persons.
The exercise which was mounted by some Ghanaian security personnel in collaboration with US and Canadian Security arrested two suspected persons.
It was reported early this month that two Canadians in Ghana have been kidnapped at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of which Security forces were hunting the gunmen responsible to had abducted the two Canadian nationals.
The unidentified gang reportedly stopped and bundled the two at gunpoint at about 8:30 P.M. at Silver Spring avenue, around Vienna City, a popular pub in Kumasi.
One of the victims had only been identified as Lauren and is in Ghana with her other colleague on an exchange programme with the Entrepreneurship Department of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU).
Media report suggested that the Canadian Embassy is collaborating with the Ghanaian police to locate the victims.
Police sources confirmed the incident to Daily Mail GH.
Kumasi appears to be gaining notoriety in new wave of kidnappings with foreigners being targeted.
In April this year, a 30-year-old Indian man was kidnapped by some gun-wielding men who later demanded for a 500,000-dollar ransom after sending photos of the victim to his family with a gun pointed to his head.
He was later rescued at Parkoso in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality by a team of police officers with the help of Telcos.
