23Crime & PunishmentSat, 24 Aug 2019

Dismissed police officer among arrested robbers

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It has been established that one of the three suspected armed robbers paraded Friday at the Koforidua Central Police Station is a dismissed Police Officer.

Eric Agyei alias Kuma, 48, the dismissed officer and his accomplices – Samuel Appiah, a 35-year-old Wood Carver and Mutakilu Sadiq, 41, a driver – were identified by three out of the nine victims who took part in the identification exercise.

The PRO of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, said the exercise was successful, adding the suspects were being processed for court.

The suspects wore police and military uniforms during operations under the guise of executing legitimate security duties.

They were, however, arrested by the Taifa Police on August 22, 2018 after robbing a bank customer of Ghc7, 000.