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Police Task Force engage robbers in
shoot out at Sakumono
Tema, June 10, Ghanadot/GNA- Personnel of the Sakumono
Police District Task Force early Tuesday morning engaged an
unspecified number of armed men in a gun battle at Community
20, Sakumono.
Inspector Olivia Turkson, Tema Police Public Affairs Officer
told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the armed robbers on
board a suspected stolen green Fiat Saloon car with
registration number GE 2669 Y were spotted by the Task Force
in the vicinity at about 0300 hours.
Narrating the circumstances leading to the shoot out, she
said the robbers snatched the car from a lady at Sakumono,
who informed the police through its emergency line.
The Patrol Team, who was in turn informed about the
snatching incident, spotted the car, which tallied with the
description given by the victim and they signalled the
robbers to stop but they accelerated leading to the fire
exchange.
She said even though no arrest has been made, blood stains
at the scene indicated that a member of the robbery
syndicate had been wounded, adding that, the Tema Regional
Police Command has taken custody of the car, which was
abandoned by the robbers during the incident pending further
investigation.
Meanwhile the Tema Regional Police Command would on Friday
conduct an identification parade at the Sakumono District
Police headquarters to enable robbery victims in and around
the vicinity to identify the perpetrators.
This was contained in a press release dated June 10 and
signed by Inspector Turkson.
The release requested victims of robbery incidents in
Sakumono Township “to come and identify the arrested
suspects, who would be paraded at the station at 1000
hours”.
The statement also said the Tema Regional Police Commander,
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) John Kudalor has
appealed to the public to help the police with information
and tip-offs.
According to the statement, the suspected robbers to be
identified were apprehended as a result of a tip-off and
urged the public to emulate the positive attitude of their
colleagues.
The press release entreated residents in and around Sakumono
to inform the police of any robbery on numbers 202936,
202937, 022-401193, 021-811600.
In another development, the Sakumono Police District Task
Force on June 05 arrested two suspected robbers at about
2300 hours riding an unregistered Yamaha motor bike.
A face mask, two sharp machetes and a small knife were found
in a bag Abdalah Ibrahim alias Dogo, 31, and Tajudeen
Mohammed, 30, were carrying at the time of the arrest.
The statement observed that a locally manufactured pistol,
one machete, one sharp double edge knife, a catapult and a
hammer were also retrieved from them when the search was
extended to their residence at Maamobi West, a suburb of
Accra.
Inspector Turkson stated that in a related case, a resident
of Community 20 was on June 03 at about 2300 hours attacked
by three armed robbers wielding locally manufactured pistols
and a cutlass.
The release said the robbers succeeded in taking the
victim’s ladies bag containing a Nokia and Belling mobile
phones valued at GH˘110, cash of GH˘57, Barclays Bank ID
card, cheque books and her car ignition key.
GNA
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