The Prampram Divisional Police Command has arrested eight suspects alleged to be robbers.
The Kpone District Police received information around 12.05am on Sunday, March 24 that armed men numbering about 10 scaled the wall of a trading company located within the Kpone municipality.
According to information from the tip-off, the robbers held the night watchman and two driver mates hostage by locking them up in one of the company’s offices.
They then drove a truck into the compound and forced a one forty footer container which had appliances open.
Leader of the robbery gang Johnson Nti, who is alleged to be an employee of the said company, was spotted in a moving vehicle by the complainants, who alerted the Police.
He was subsequently arrested to assist investigations.
After a search in the suspect’s house, he led the police to an uncompleted building at Kpone-Kokompe, where they had stashed the stolen appliances.
Police retrieved 61 air conditioners, two LG flat screen television sets, one Midea water dispenser and one Nasco kettle from the uncompleted building.
Further search of the suspect’s car revealed a bottle, which was similar to one that was picked up at the crime scene, and two machetes suspected to have been used for the robbery.
He also led the police to arrest seven of his accomplices, who were hiding at various places within the municipality.
The arrested suspects are 27-year-old Stephen Mensah aka America, Emmanuel Mensa, 29, Clement Gyasi, 32, Abdulah Mohammed, Andrews Koffie, 32, Joe Amoah, 37, and Kwame Danso, 29.
Suspects are currently in police custody and are due to appear before court on Wednesday, March 27.
Source: 3news.com|Ghana