Two arrested for robbery

Page 19: Daily Graphic, July 1, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
TWO suspected armed robbers were on Sunday night arrested by the police after they attacked a house at Ashongman Estates in Accra.
The suspects, Joseph Adam, 21, a Nigerian, and Ben Kwame, 22, a Ghanaian, were among five armed robbers who attacked the house at about 7:20pm on Sunday.
Two cartridges were retrieved from Adam when the police pursued him after they were called by a resident of the house.
Three locally manufactured weapons and some bangles were later retrieved from a kiosk of one of the suspects, Sulemana Rauf, at the Konkomba Market.
Sulemana and two others are currently on the run.
The suspects took away £1,000, $1,000 and GH¢2,800 from the house.
The Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Rose Bio Atinga, told the Daily Graphic that following the distress call, all patrol teams were notified to be on the lookout.
She said a team that was close to the area pursued the robbers but only Adam was arrested.
She said another team arrested Kwame later.
According to her, the police went to the Konkomba Market on Monday after getting information that the other three suspects were hiding there.
DCOP Atinga said none of suspects was found at the hideout when the police called, but were able to retrieve the locally manufactured weapons and bangles in the kiosk that accommodated them.
She reiterated the need for the public to co-operate with the police by providing timely information on suspected criminal activities within their vicinity.
DCOP Atinga said the police had stepped up their fight against armed robbery and other criminal activities through intelligence operations.
She said the police could only succeed if the public shared information that the police might otherwise not be privy to.