Kumasi Police arrest 9 suspected criminals .
From
left: Patrick Tettey, Sadique Dramani and Kwame Boakye - See more at:
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From left: Patrick Tettey, Sadique Dramani and Kwame Boakye
The police have rounded up nine
suspected criminals in and around Kumasi in a special exercise to rid the
metropolis of violent crimes.
The suspects were arrested in
separate exercises conducted by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
and other units within the Police Service.
Three of the suspects allegedly
robbed a Swiss of his money and other valuables and raped his Ghanaian female
friend who was in the house at Buokrom F Line at the time of the robbery.
The three are Dramani Sadique, 39;
Kwame Boakye, alias Skido, 38, and Patrick Tetteh, 33.
Items retrieved included three live
cartridges, one shotgun, one locally manufactured pistol, two jack knives, a
machete, an axe and two hoods.
Connivance
The suspects allegedly connived with
the houseboy of the Swiss, laid ambush on the road to his residence and stopped
his car as he approached the house.
Briefing the media in Kumasi
yesterday, the Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner
of Police (ACP) Mr Osei Kwaku Ampofo-Duku, said the suspects allegedly took the
Swiss to his house, where they took his money and other belongings and raped
his female guest.
The remaining six suspects have been
identified as Tawfic Nuhu, 19; Kofi Yeboah, alias Colomental, 19; Atubilla
Anyerene, alias Boutique, 23; Osei Kofi, 35; Ernest Gyau, 27, and Mathias
Akwansi, 25.
They were arrested in separate
operations by the police for their involvement in armed robberies that occurred
within the metropolis.
Items retrieved from them included
scissors, hammers, a crowbar, pliers and a special dress used by the robbers
for their operations.
Explaining Atubilla and Yeboah’s
arrest, the Deputy Commander said on March 29, 2014, two armed robbery gangs at
Asafo were engaged in a shootout following a misunderstanding that ensued over
the sharing of booty.
Gunshut
wounds
He said as a result, Atubilla shot
Yeboah, who was rushed to the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.
The incident led to the arrest of Yeboah,
and later Atubilla.
According to ACP Ampofo-Duku,
criminals in Kumasi were giving the police a tough time but he assured the
public that the police would pursue them till the city was rid of criminal
elements.
He said the police would do their
best to prevent crime, adding that “even when they occur, we will ensure that
the perpetrators are arrested and brought to book”.
In a related development, ACP
Ampofo-Duku said on April 1 the police conducted swoops at Akwatia Line, Sepe
Buokrom and Bomso, where some suspected criminals were arrested adding that
after screening 41 of them were arraigned.
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