The pry bar, which was left behind at the crime scene
AN UNKNOWN robber, in a desperate attempt to escape an arrest left behind his weapon at the crime scene, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) District police in Kumasi, has disclosed.
The runaway hoodlum, who was said to be in possession of a gun and pry bar, had reportedly sneaked into a house at Kotei near KNUST, around 3:30 am on October 10, 2025 to rob.
The male suspect was loitering on the corridor of the house, perhaps checking how he could break into the locked rooms and rob his victims, but he was not lucky, as he was spotted by one David Aryee.
Mr. Aryee said the robber might have heard him appealing to someone on the phone to rush to his house and help him to apprehend a robber, who had invaded his premises.
Sensing danger, the suspect quickly fled from the house and left behind a pry bar, which he was supposed to have used to break into the rooms of his victims and robbed them of their valuables.
“On 10/10/2025 at 0600 hours, David Aryee, accompanied by Chief Inspector, Michael Edward Ohene-Sarfo I/C the KNUST Task force team, came to the station with a pry bar.
“The former reported that, same day about 0330 hours, he heard an unusual noise at his place of abode at Kotei, and when he woke up to find out what was happening, he spotted a young man, armed with an implement, loitering about on his veranda.
“That, the suspect ended up at his door and was in the process of breaking into the room. That, he made a phone call for help and upon the suspect hearing the feedback sound from the other side of the phone, he bolted,” KNUST District police sitrep said.
According to the police, Mr. Aryee said when, “he came out, he realised that the room to the hostel’s porter, who was not present, was broken into but he was yet to find out what was taken from there”.
The police said they have obtained statement from the complainant and have also proceeded to the scene for further action, adding that, “the exhibit pry bar is retained” as investigations are ongoing.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Kumasi