Police gun down cop killer
The leader of an alleged notorious robbery gang, Alhassan Adams, alias Dogo America, who purportedly shot and killed Constable Michael Kporyi has been killed by the police in Ashaiman.
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Adams, 33, was killed when he allegedly attempted to engage the police in an exchange of fire when the police stormed his hideout on Tuesday night.
His body has been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue, while four of his reported accomplices have been arrested to assist the police in their investigations.
Items retrieved from the scene included one AK 47 rifle, two SMG rifles, a dagger, a machete, a pair of pliers, two screw drivers and 12 rounds of live ammunition.
Briefing
Addressing journalists in Tema, the Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) George Tuffour, said following the death of Constable Kporyi, the police had intelligence that some armed members of Adams’s gang had gathered at Aviation Number 7, Washington at Ashaiman.
Mr Tuffour said a team of policemen from the Tema Regional Police Command was dispatched to the place, but on sighting the police, two of the gang members fled on a motorbike.
They were, however, pursued by the police into a building which turned out to be Adams’s hideout.
Mr Tuffour, who was flanked by the Director-General in charge of Police Operations, COP Christian Tetteh Yohonu, and DCOP Bright Oduro, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Service, said when the police went into the building, they saw one AK 47 rifle and an SMG rifle on the veranda and that they looked as though they were being serviced.
He said the two persons who were arrested, upon interrogation, mentioned Adams as the one who was servicing the weapons and that he entered the room on seeing the policemen.
Previous crimes
The Tema Regional Police Commander recalled previous criminal cases involving Adams, including robbery, possession of firearms, attempted murder, causing harm and use of offensive weapons, which he said were all investigated at the CID Headquarters and put before the courts.
Mr Tuffour said preliminary investigations revealed that Adams commanded at least 60 usually armed and trigger-happy land guards and possessed a stockpile of arms and ammunition, some of which had earlier been retrieved and were at the CID Headquarters.