The police administration has announced a GHS5,000 bounty on the head of a man captured on video firing an AK47 rifle into the air on New Year’s Day.

The police, in a statement on 1 January 2022, said they have "intercepted a video in which a young man is seen firing several shots of a firearm suspected to be AK47 at ANC Mall, East Legon, last night, 31 December 2021, purportedly to welcome the New Year”.

"The police has taken a serious stance against the actions of the young man since it is a crime to discharge a firearm in public without lawful and necessary occasion under Section 209 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29)."

"The police administration, after reviewing the video footage, has placed an amount of GHS 5,000 as a bounty for anyone who can provide information leading to his arrest to face prosecution," the statement read.

In the video, the man is seen casually discharging multiple rounds of the weapons into the air before being approached and embraced by another man.