Police ‘dispatch’ 2 daring armed robbers

Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead by the police in Tema on Monday after they allegedly shot a mobile money vendor.

Speaking to The Chronicle on condition of anonymity, a senior police source intimated that, the incident occurred around 10: 30am and approximately 100 meters away from the St Paul Methodist Church, Community One, where Vice President, Prof Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang was attending a program.

According to the police source, gunfire erupted in the immediate vicinity while the program was ongoing. The sound prompted security personnel on duty at the event to move towards the source of the shots.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Jean Kpelli, in charge of Tema Police Operations led a police team that spotted a Royal black motorbike with registration number M-24-GE778 speeding away from the area.

The officers pursued the riders to Community Ten, where the suspects allegedly opened fire on the police.

The source continued that, in the ensuing exchanges, the two men were hit and pronounced dead.

At the scene, police recovered one black 9mm Luger Pistol and a search conducted on the suspects revealed a blue hand bag, containing the following items – three live rounds of ammunition, one spent shell, three Android mobile phones.

Also found were, one Ghana Card bearing the name Mavis Mensah, assorted SIM cards, one talisman, one Royal motorbike ignition key and cash amount of GHC11,390.00 (Eleven thousand, three hundred and ninety Ghana Cedis).

The Tema Regional Crime Scene Management Team went to reconstruct the scene, took custody of the pistol to be forwarded to the Central Firearm Registry to ascertain the ownership, likewise the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) for that of the motorbike.

The Police source concluded by saying that the female mobile money vendor who was shot in the foot was rushed to the Tema General Hospital for treatment.

 

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