Court remands carpenter for robbery

A Tarkwa circuit court has remanded Michael Amartey Tetteh, a carpenter into prison custody for robbing GH¢300,000 from Iquba Gogo a gold buying company in Tarkwa.

His plea was not taken and he would re-appear before the court on December 16.

Prosecuting Chief Inspector Florence Tawiah told the court presided over by Mr Samuel Obeng Diawuo that around 1700 hours on Tuesday October 8,the Tarkwa Divisional Police Command had information that there was a robbery My Choice area near Hotel de-Hilda and that the victims were robbed of GH¢300,000 and laptops.

Chief Inspector Tawiah said the police moved to the area but before their arrival the suspect together with one Freeman, Justice, Bullet and Lawrence who are now at large had fled the scene.

According to the Prosecutor, as the police continued investigation on the robbery Tetteh and other criminals were arrested at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region during a police swoop and laptops and other valuable items were found in their custody.

She said during identification parade one of the victims of the Tarkwa robbery managed to identify his laptop among others found with Tetteh.