Legon Police apprehends two armed robbers

Accra, Dec 5, GNA - The Police at Legon, on Sunday arrested two suspected armed robbers who broke into a house at East Legon and stole a Toyota Hillux.

The Legon District Police Commander Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Richmond Bonsu, who confirmed the story to GNA, named Kwabena Godfred, 28, and Godwin Cudjoe, 33 as the suspects.


ASP Bonsu said the armed robbers belong to a syndicate that posed as agents who recruited house helps, gardeners and drivers for people who needed their services. He said the syndicate managed to recruit Mr. Godwin Cudjoe as a house help for the complainant, owner of the house. ASP Bonsu said Cudjoe stole some items belonging to his master and absconded.

The District Police Commander said that later Cudjoe and Godfred who also lived in the house, threatened to attack a lady house help in the same house with hacksaw blade, iron rods and whips and took away the vehicle. ASP Bonsu said the suspects replaced the original number plate of the vehicle with a fake one and attempted to send the vehicle to Togo for sale but they were involved in an accident.


He said the suspects hid the vehicle that got dented in the accident at Peki-Adzakoe in the Volta Region. ASP Bonsu said when the suspects were arrested they led the Police to Peki-Adzakoe to retrieve the vehicle. He advised the public to be cautious of people who pose as agents who recruit house helps, drivers and gardeners and advised that prospective clients should check their background with the Police before engaging their services.