Police arrest two youngsters suspected to be armed robbers
Two youngsters suspected to belong to a gang of armed robbers that had for sometime now been robbing traders on the Ejura-Yeji road have been arrested by the Asante-Mampong Police.
Yaw Amos, 18 and Kwaku Ameyaw, 14, all hail from Banda-Boasi, in the Brong-Ahafo Region. A locally manufactured pistol, five rounds of ammunition, a catapult and a bicycle were retrieved from them.
Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, Mampong Divisional Police Commander, told the Ghana news Agency that following a tip-off, the police launched a search for the suspects and apprehended them at their hideout.
He said the modus operandi of the robbers now was to recruit and train young boys to spy on the movement of the traders and assist in transporting their ammunition to their hideouts and give them the time and when to strike. Alhaji Mahama said prior to the arrest of the two, speculations were rife that leaders of a gang of armed robbers were in town, but they quickly scattered when the two scouts were arrested.
He has, therefore, cautioned the public to be on the look out for suspicious youngsters in their midst or in their vicinities. Yaw Amos told the GNA in the presence of Police that he had access to the pistol about four years ago during the Banda-Boasi chieftaincy crisis. He said he knows how to handle different types of guns.
Source: GhanaWeb
