One suspected robber died and two of his accomplices were arrested by the police after an attempted robbery at an Osu filling station in Accra at dawn on Tuesday.
Police said the unidentified man died from injuries he sustained when he tried to join a speeding get-away car but fell off. The body has been sent to the Police Hospital mortuary whilst the two others, Kofi Quartey and Charles Aryee, have been detained at the Osu police station for interrogation. A source at the Police Public Relations Directorate told the GNA that at about 0200 hours on Tuesday, the deceased entered the office of the filling station after removing two louvre blades and opening the door. "He pulled out an object, which could not be identified by the station attendant on duty, and demanded to be given the night's sales, which were about 500,000 cedis." The police said the filling station attendant obliged.
"A vulcanizer who saw the deceased running away with his booty apprehended him and raised the alarm, attracting a crowd. The deceased then dropped his booty and dashed for a car, which was in motion, but he fell off." The source said as the crowd waited for the deceased to get up, Aryee and Quartey suddenly appeared on a motor cycle and requested to take the deceased to a hospital. However, the station attendant identified them as having been in the get-away car and caused their arrest," the source said. The filling station supervisor, Mr Adu Mante, confirmed the story when the Ghana News Agency went there.
