The Police have arrested six persons for attacking a Police officer at the Wono Akotsosu checkpoint in the Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region on Friday, 7th April 2023.
Preliminary investigation disclosed that the suspects, Edward Boateng, Evans Addo, Yaw Kusi, Michael Owusu, Yaw Boateng and Emmanuel Mensah, together with two others who are currently on the run, were returning from an illegal bush hunting expedition in a taxi when the Police officer stopped them at the checkpoint for a routine check.
According to the Police, a taxi which was overloaded with seven male adults caught the attention of one of the three police officers who were on duty at the checkpoint. He, therefore, stopped them and requested to search the car.
However, the suspects, in an attempt to prevent the Police officer from checking the contents in their car, pounced on him and violently attacked him.
The Police, on receiving the distress call of the attack, immediately moved in and arrested five of the suspects while two managed to escape.
The victim Police officer who sustained a knee injury and one of the suspects were rushed to the hospital where they are receiving medical attention.
Meanwhile, all the suspects are in custody and will soon be arraigned before court. Efforts are underway to get the last suspect arrested.
