Eastern Region: 17 suspected robbers arrested at Donkorkrom

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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A joint exercise between personnel of the recently formed anti-armed robbery task force and the Donkorkrom police has led to the arrest of 17 persons who unlawfully had weapons in their possessions.

These suspects were arrested upon a tip-off in front of a fuel station at Donkorkrom.

Seventeen machetes, a handgun, three locally manufactured pistols, four shotguns, 66 live AAA and BB cartridges and 410 cartridges, 10 7.65 MM ammunition and 19 mobile phones were retrieved in the operation.

According to the police, these suspects are part of a syndicate operating and terrorising traders and residents in and around Afram Plains.

The Eastern Regional Police PRO, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, who confirmed the arrest to Citi News said the suspects are being held for the possession of firearms without lawful authority and they will be arraigned after investigations.

-Citi

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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