Story: Rose Hayford Darko, Tema
THE Tema Regional Police Command has busted a suspected syndicate of armed robbers believed to be operating around Tema and Sakumono.
Two members of the gang who are in the custody of the police are Mumuni Billa, a 34-year-old Burkinabe, and Okoh Armah, 34, a Ghanaian.
They were arrested while in possession of locally-manufactured shotguns moulded in the likeness of the AK 47 assault rifle.
The Tema Regional Police Commander, ACP John Kudalor, told the press in Tema at the weekend that of late armed robbery in the Tema Region had been concentrated in Sakumono and its environs, prompting the police and the military to intensify their day and night patrols there.
He said on November 30, 2007, the police had information that a man was seen undergoing weapon training in the bush around Tema Community 10.
ACP Kudalor said that led to the arrest of Mumuni, who had the locally-manufactured shotgun, and on interrogation, he claimed to be a hunter and vegetable farmer and that he was practising how to fire to protect his vegetable farm.
He said when Mumuni was further quizzed, it became evident that he was the leader of an armed robbery group.
ACP Kudalor said Mumuni led the police to arrest Armah at Ashaiman Tulaku, and a search in his room led to the retrieval of another shotgun, which was covered by a permit.
He said Armah claimed to be the supervisor of a bath bay at Ashaiman and also a hunter but he later admitted selling the locally-manufactured gun to Mumuni for GH¢40.00 (¢400,000) and that he occasionally supplied him with some cartridges he purchased for his licensed gun.
ACP Kudalor said the two persons were highly suspected to be operating with an armed gang and they would be put before court.
In another development, the patrol team retrieved some personal effects at Ashie, near Oyibi, when two men escaped, leaving behind stolen goods from the area.
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