Corporal Kwame Ampaw, a 35 year old dismissed personnel of the
Ghana Armed Forces in the company of a civilian staff of the Ministry of
Defence Burma Camp, Isaac Appiah have been arrested for armed robbery using a
military service van and weapons.
According to the facts as
relayed to MyNewsGh.com, on 10th March 2021 at about 12
noon, Police received a distress call from one Emmanuel Ofori of Agyare Real
Estate and construction Ghana Limited Jei-River Ofaakor that 5 men on board
military service vehicle number 46 GA 92 pounced on the workers at sand winning
site and robbed them of their mobile phones, seized their car keys including 7
tipper trucks and various sums of money at knife point and sped off.
Police acting on intelligence
learnt the robbers sped off to meet a Chief one Michael Larbi alias Nai
Atopi at Nai Atopi hills.
Police acting on intelligence
proceeded to Nai Atopi palace and arrested suspects Corporal Kwame Ampaw with
service number 197340 aged 35, who was dismissed from the military personnel.
That was when they also found
Isaac Appiah aged 43 who is a civilian employee of the ministry of Defence
Burma Camp.
The robbers also included Emmanuel Arthur and Basit
Sulley.
Eleven (11) assorted mobile phones, ID card bearing
the name of Emmanuel Dugble, one pump action gun with number MVO351885 and cash
the sum of GHC 1,511.00 were retrieved from them.
At the police station information received indicated that the
robbers shot five persons who sustained gunshot injuries and were rushed to
Trauma and Specialist hospital Winneba for treatment.
The suspects have all been detained and the exhibits including
military vehicle also retained for investigation.
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