Tema Robbery: 7 arrested for taking part in scramble for cash
The Tema Regional Police Command has charged seven persons with stealing in connection with the robbery incident that occurred in the metropolis last Thursday.
This was made known in a press statement issued by the Tema regional police command on Sunday, April 26, 2020.
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The seven were among some persons picked up in a swoop conducted by the police last Friday.
The statement signed by the acting Public Relations Officer of the Tema Regional Police Commander, Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu said the seven suspects were arrested for taking part in the scramble for banknotes which had scattered on the streets after a police patrol team had foiled a robbery attempt.
The statement said three of the suspects, namely Richard Attoh alias Amartey, 30, Qaadir Bancey, 31 and Awudu Mohammed alias Vuga, 36 admitted in their caution statement that they took part in the scramble and pocketed a total of GH¢2,500.00 from the crime scene.
The police statement named the other four suspects as Sulemana Bancey, 62, Kwesi Hanson Smith, 66, Kabul Akuaku, 53 and David Nartey Daniels, 30.
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The Police in Tema on Thursday, April 23, 2020, responded to a robbery incident during which they shot and killed two suspected armed robbers who attempted to bolt with GH¢123,345.00 in two polythene bags, belonging to two businessmen, a Ghanaian and a Lebanese who sell frozen fish at the Tema Fishing Harbour.
The two had made a withdrawal of from the Community One branch of Zenith Bank near the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and were reportedly trailed by the two gunmen on a motorbike.
In the course of the shootout and the resultant melee, one of the robbers allegedly spilt the booty on the street leading to onlookers scrambling for the money.
According to the police, only GH¢2,500 was retrieved from the incident.
The statement urged members of the public who witnessed the incident to provide information leading to the arrest and retrieval of all the money robbed from the victim.
