Tag Archives: ROBBER

Some residents of Bolgatanga say armed robbers have worked out a new way of stealing from motorists on the roads of the Upper East regional capital. The gangsters, according to them, stand well-dressed by the roadside and, with pistols concealed under their clothes, draw closer in a friendly manner to …

Police in Tema have shot dead a robbery suspect, Joseph Mensa, who was in their custody but attempted to escape. Police sources explained the deceased was arrested on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, in connection with a highway robbery. His gang was reported to have attacked a sprinter mini-bus with registration …

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Ambulance Service, Prof. Ahmed Zakaria has revealed that the armed robbers who shot to death an ambulance driver did not only rob a pregnant woman in labour, but also sexually assaulted a female paramedic who was onboard the vehicle. Abraham Tetteh Homeku was …

One suspected robber has been shot dead along the Achimota forest stretch after he succeeded in attacking and snatching two phones from two pedestrians and ran into the bush. On Wednesday, 27 January 2021 at about 9pm, the suspect now deceased armed with knife emerged from the Achimota Forest Reserve …

Residents of Nyakumasu in the Adansi Asokwa District are in a state of shock after unidentified armed robbers attacked a GCB bank van. The suspects are said to have trailed the car to the lone street where they shot the police officer accompanying the van on a motorbike. Witnesses, speaking …

A 36-year-old man, Michael Tetteh, has been grabbed by a community watchdog team at Okwenya in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region for stealing two goats. Mr Tetteh confessed that he stole the goats at Nuaso, a town in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality. He is however, …

Two suspected armed robbers have been killed by their victims after they robbed them of a total amount of GH¢10, 200 on the Sawla-Wa Highway near Tuna in the Savannah Region on Monday, December 21. Three locally manufactured single barrel guns were also retrieved at the scene. According to a …

An alleged armed robber has been burnt to death after luck eluded him at Karaga in the Northern Region following a failed expedition. Reports say the deceased was part of a gang of five robbers whose attack was foiled when the Karaga community was alerted of their activity. The armed …

A Police escort team has shot to death an armed robber in between Sawaba and Mpaha junction on the Buipe-Tamale road in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region. According to the Savannah Regional Police Commander DCOP Enoch Bediako, a bus with registration number GS 5578-17 was transporting passengers …

An armed robber who convicted to fifteen years imprisonment in hard labor and kept in police custody while awaiting to be transferred to begin his term has escaped in Wulensi in the Northern Region. The criminal, Mohammed Ibrahim who is 36 years old is said to have escaped by forcing …