TEMA POLICE HUNT FOR ARMED ROBBERS (PAGE 29, APRIL 5, 2010)

The Tema Regional Police Command is on the look out for two armed robbers who escaped arrest after an encounter with the Police in Tema and in the process sustained bullet wounds .
The Police have declared them wanted and appealed to health personnel at health facilities within and outside Tema to report anybody with gun shot wounds for immediate arrest .
According to a release signed by Chief Inspector Olivia Turkson of the Public Affairs Unit of the Tema Regional Police Command, on March 29, 2010, at about 1.30 p.m. two middle aged men went in separate vehicles to the Raphal Medical Centre to seek medical attention .
She said one drove a Toyota Prado car, while the other was in an Opel Astra and they parked at the hospital’s car park.
Chief Inspector Turkson said shortly after, another car , a black VW Jetta with registration number GT 2347 Z, approached and parked in between the two cars which belonged to the hospital, broke the side glasses of the two cars and made away with a lap top , personal effects and a school bag containing books .
She said at the end of the operation, the occupants of the VW car drove off.
Chief Inspector Turkson said an observer of the incident offered to assist a police man on duty nearby to chase the robbers .
She said during the chase, the armed robbers started to fire at the car which the police officer was using and this resulted in the exchange of gun shots which led to the robbers getting wounded and their car getting damaged.
Chief Inspector Turkson said the robbers sensing danger abandoned their car at Tema Community 8 near the Datus Complex Schools and fled.
She said a search on the abandoned car revealed a lap top and a printer together with five different number plates .
Chief Inspector Turkson said with the Easter very close , the car snatchers were back in town and cautioned drivers to be particular with movements of people around their cars.
She said when in doubt, the public could call the police on numbers 022-202936 or 022- 202937 for help .