The Prampram Divisional Police Command has arrested 8 suspects for robbery.
The Tema Regional Police PRO, DSP Joseph Benefo Darkwa speaking on the incident said the Kpone District Police on March 24, 2019 received information that armed men numbering about 10 had scaled the wall of a trading company located within the Kpone Municipality at around 12:05am and held the night security man and two drivers’ mates hostage by locking them up in one of the company’s offices.
They then drove a truck into the compound and forced opened one forty footer container containing various electrical appliances.
Items such as air-conditioners and TV Sets were loaded onto the waiting truck after which they absconded. Luck, he said eluded the leader of the robbery gang, Johnson Nti, known as Kofi Nti, who is an employee of the said company, when he was spotted in a moving vehicle by the complainants. Police were alerted and he was subsequently apprehended to assist in investigations.
DSP Darkwa noted that a search was conducted in the suspect’s house, who led the police to an uncompleted building at Kpone-Kokompe where they shared the booty. 61 air conditioners, comprising of Nasco ,Midea, Samsung and Chigo brands, two LG flat screen television sets, one Midea water dispenser and one Nasco kettle were retrieved from the uncompleted building.
Further search in the suspect's car, according to the Tema Police PRO founded a bottle, which was similar to one that was picked up at the crime scene and two machetes, suspected to have been used for the robbery. He also led the police to arrest seven of his accomplices who were hiding at various places within the municipality.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com
