Five suspected armed robbers have been arrested at Buipe in the Savannah Region following a robbery in Tamale.
The robbery suspects, according to a statement from the Ghana Police Service, snatched a Toyota Camry salon car from its owner at a residential area in Tamale and bolted.
However, the Police pursued them and succeeded in arresting them at Buipe.
The suspects arrested are, Ibrahim Issah aged 27, Contractor/Accra, Mohammed Mustapha in military uniform, aged 23, Burma camp ID, Vivor Christopher aged 27 phones repairer, Benjamin Agyei aged 23 mobile money vendor, Accra and Seyram Addo aged 29, Plumber, Danfa/ Madina
Items found on them after a search conducted included 13 assorted mobile phones, one Falcon Foreign Pistol loaded with 9mm ammunition, a wallet containing a bunch of keys together with two handcuffs key, two Voter’s ID Cards, Melcom card, Access Bank card and cash the sum of GHC21.20p.
Some Military uniforms, Police Ballistic helmet and police uniforms were also found in the Toyota Camry Spider with registration number GX6923-20.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Armed Forces, Acting Director of Public Relations, Commander ANDY LA-ANYANE has reacted to the robbery incident.
He said, “The attention of the Ghana Armed Forces has been drawn to several videos and pictures on various social media platforms of the arrest of a car snatching syndicate at Buipe who are alleged to have attacked and snatched a car from a victim at Tamale. In the said videos and pictures, one of the suspects is seen wearing military camouflage uniform and has been described variously as a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces.”
Commander ANDY LA-ANYANE in a press statement said the suspect is not a soldier of the Ghana Armed Forces.
“The Armed Forces is worried about the rising spate of impersonation by civilians, either wearing military uniforms or posting of fake pictures of themselves as military officers to defraud unsuspecting Ghanaians. The unauthorised sale of military uniforms and military pattern gadgets by some vendors contributes to this state of affairs and is inimical to national security.
“The Ghana Armed Forces is ready to cooperate with the Police to unravel the source of the military uniform in this particular incident and to stop the unauthorised sale of military uniforms across the country. Ghanaians should be confident to provide information to the security agencies in order to nib this trend in the bud.” He added
