Representatives of the Ghana Police Service are on a hunt for seven(7) suspected armed robbers who attacked some residents of Konongo in the Ashanti Region and made away with huge sums of money.
The suspects fled from the scene after being alerted that the Police were heading to the crime scene, rather unfortunately they abandoned their green Toyota Hilux Pickup with registration number GT 6511 – 11.
However, luck eluded one of the suspects identified as Amid Tahiru who with the help of residents, was disarmed, arrested and handed over to the Police according to the MyNewsGh report.
Reports gathered indicate that, 40-year-old Amid Tahiru who has been arrested and his accomplices currently on the run attacked some persons in Konongo Low Cost and robbed them of GH¢130, 000.00 after locking one of the victims in a room.
On hearing their cover had been blown, they fled from the scene but the arrested suspect was spotted by community members who maneuvered to get him arrested in his bid to escape by jumping into a river.
Police retrieved among other things Wilson’s foreign pistol loaded with 11 live rounds of Luger 9mm ammunition, one
Heckler and Koch MP5 rifle also loaded with 37 live rounds of Luger 9mm ammunition, two black face masks, two boxes containing 35 live rounds of Luger 9mm ammunition, one hand grading machine, one tape measure and one car number plate with registration GT 700 – 09.
The Konongo Police Force has detained the suspect and one Hlordeme George, a security guard for further investigation and will soon arraign them before court for prosecution.
