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Police assists patriotic citizens
Kumasi, March 22, Ghanadot/GNA- The Police Administration
has donated a total amount of 24 million cedis to 12 people
who sustained various degrees of injury while assisting the
police to apprehend four suspected armed robbers at Nkawkaw
in the Eastern Region.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Frank Adu-Poku, Ashanti
Regional Police Commander, presented the money to the
victims on behalf of the Administration, in Kumasi on
Wednesday.
A release from the Regional Police Public Relations Unit
signed by Inspector Mohammed Tanko to the GNA said the
victims, who each received two million cedis included
Patrick Awamena, Mahamudu Issaka, Abdullai Dramani, Kwabena
Kyei, Stephen Amoako and Osei Kofi.
The rests are Yaw Owusu, Kwame Boateng, Alhassan Shaibu,
Kwaku Twum, Kwaku Agyarko and Kwadwo Owusu.
The release said on the fateful day, police at Konongo in
the Asante-Akim North District of the Region had a tip off
that a gang of armed robbers had laid siege of the Braku
forest and Asankare portion of the Kumasi-Accra highway and
were robbing passengers on a bus of unspecified amount of
money and other valuables.
The release said the police decided to pursue them and when
they got to Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region, they spotted four
young men standing by the road side.
They fired at the police and fled into the forest when the
police attempted to approach them to inquire if they had
seen any armed robbers.
According to the release, the 12 people volunteered to
assist the police and they all boarded a vehicle to the
chase the robbers.
In the process, the vehicle skidded off the road the 12
sustained various degrees of injury.
GNA
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