Two suspected armed robbers arrested

Dormaa-Ahenkro (B/A), Aug. 26, GNA - Police in Dormaa have arrested two suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate that has been terrorising residents along the Dormaa-Cote D' Ivoire boundary. Dramani Djalo, alias Sergeant and Abubakar Siddique were arrested on Monday following a tip-off by a hunter that passengers on two vehicles were being robbed at gun point on the Dormaa-Nkrankwanta trunk road. Police Chief Inspector M. K. Yeboah, who confirmed the incident and the arrest, told the GNA that Dramani Djalo was brought to the police station at Dormaa Ahenkro with wounds on his legs believed to have been sustained from gun shots. He said after taking his statement, Djalo was referred to the Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital where he is currently receiving medical attention.

Chief Inspector Yeboah said hours after Djalo was sent to the hospital, Abubakar Siddique was also brought to the station after he had been apprehended by residents of Kuren, a community along the Nkrankwanta road. He said police had intensified their search for the remaining four suspects while Djalo and Abubakar would be arraigned before court soon.

Samuel Kwadwo Yeboah, driver of Benz bus with registration number AS3038D, one of the two vehicles attacked by the robbers, told the GNA that at about 2200 hours on Sunday the robbers who were in pairs on three motor bikes stopped him at gun point in the Diaba Forest whilst he was conveying 22 passengers to Dormaa Ahenkro. He said the robbers stopped another Dormaa-bound vehicle with five passengers and some poultry products on board and for six hours the robbers who kept referring to colleagues with ranks as sergeant and corporal molested and robbed them of all their cash and personal belongs.

The driver of the second vehicle, Mr Lasso, who suffered multiple head injuries, identified Djalo as the sergeant during the operation at the hospital. He told the GNA that the suspects were young boys and wore masks, amulets and talismans. 26 Aug. 08