The Police have busted an armed robbery gang known as ‘Al Qaeda’ which has been terrorising residents within the Accra and Kumasi metropolis.
The gang was involved in an armed robbery incident at the residence of Reverend Owusu Ansah at Achimota where a man and his son who were witnesses to the robbery were shot dead in July last year.
Mr Bright Oduro, Regional Crime Officer told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that among some of the arrested suspects are Tony Nana Yaw Owusu, 23, Nana Kwame Agyeman, Jones Appiah and Habib.
The others are Odartey Lamptey and Ali.
He said some of the suspects have allegedly confessed that they conspired with others in the Ashanti Mampong bank robbery where two policemen lost their lives in an exchange of fire in June 2001.
He said some of the suspects were arrested at dawn last Saturday at Darkuman, Kwashieman and Alogboshie and Achimota.
He disclosed that up to 140 robberies have been recorded between November last year to date while about 52 suspected robbers are in police custody pending investigations.
Source: GhanaWeb
