(From left to right) Anthony Amevinye, Ibrahim Adams, Emmanuel Nimo and Michael Teye
FOUR SUSPECTED notorious armed robbers who have allegedly been terrorizing residents in the Ashaiman municipality and its environs in the Greater Accra Region, have been apprehended by the Ashaiman police.
The suspects, Anthony Amevinye, 18; Ibrahim Adams alias Alkaline, 20; Emmanuel Nimo alias Touch, 20 and Michael Teye alias M1, 19, were arrested after a reported hectic struggle with the police.
They were said to be in a meeting at a hideout at Old Tulaku, a suburb of Ashaiman, planning to embark on a robbery expedition when the police swooped on them.
Police retrieved from the suspects, one Italian Bruni MOD .92 automatic pistol and another foreign pistol and 75mm ammunition. Further searches in their rooms uncovered a locally manufactured pistol plus three live BB cartridges hidden in the ceiling of Ibrahim Adams’ room.
The suspects have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime, to wit: robbery and attempted robbery; and are to appear before court.
Confirming the incident to DAILY GUIDE, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) George Antwi Tandoh, Crime Officer of the Ashaiman District Police Headquarters, indicated that at about 4:30 pm, his outfit picked intelligence that a group of young men had gathered at Old Tulaku planning to go and rob.
Without wasting time, according to him, the police stormed the location and managed to arrest all the four suspects after a hectic struggle.
According to him, the suspects mentioned robberies they had embarked on at Zenu, Ashaiman, Atadeka, Communities 1, 8 and 25 in Tema.
The crime officer claimed that investigations into the nefarious activities in the municipality were in progress and that the suspects would be arraigned before court when investigations were completed.
He therefore, seized opportunity to warn criminals in the municipality that the police would leave no stone unturned to ensure that their criminal activities are clamped down for them to face the full rigors of the law. He further appealed to residents to volunteer information to the police to help do away with criminals who had infested the area.
From Vincent Kubi, Ashaiman