The suspects
The five teenagers and one adult, who were arrested and charged for robbery at Nsoatre in Sunyani West District in the Bono Region, are also wanted in the Berekum Municipality for an alleged similar offence.
Members of the gang are being pursued by the police in connection with another robbery suspected to have been committed by them.
They appeared before the Fiapre Circuit Court in the region yesterday where they were granted bail by the court presided over by Her Honour Rita Amoaniwa Edusah, to re-appear in court on January 25, 2022.
The accused persons, including one girl, have been identified as Vincent Kyeremeh, Prince Kyeremeh, Andrews Kyeremeh, Richmond Takyi, Edmund Asare and Isabella Agyei.
They were detained by the police at Nsoatre in the Sunyani West District of the Bono Region following their alleged robbery at gunpoint of an amount of GH¢1,000, mobile phones among other personal items from a driver.
The oldest among them is 25, while the others are 19, 18, 17, 17 and the girl is 16.
They were accused of pulling a locally manufactured gun on one Okofo Dartey, who was in charge of a black KIA Picanto car with trade plate number DP 7412-22, and robbed him of his money, Itel and Infinix phones, a black polish, and a shaving machine when his car developed a fault at about 9:50 pm off the Nsoatre-Berekum Highway near the Roman Catholic Church on January 7.
The complainant, the 43-year-old driver, told the Nsoatre Police that while relaxing in his car when it developed a fault, Vincent Kyeremeh, Andrews Kyeremeh, Prince Kyeremeh and Takyi Richmond appeared and pulled a locally manufactured gun and threatened to kill him if he refused to surrender whatever items he had on him.
They took the money, phones and other items and bolted. The driver consequently raised an alarm and together with community members, Mohammed Fayed and Collins Dartey, gave them a hot chase, arrested them and sent them to the Nsoatre Police Station and lodged a complaint.
As a result, some police officers together with the complainant were dispatched to the scene where the complainant identified Isabella Agyeiwaa and Edmund Asare as part of the gang and were all rounded up.
FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Fiapre