Crime

4 suspects arrested over robbery, murder at Wassa Agona

Police have arrested four persons who allegedly attacked a fuel filling station, murdering a security guard on Saturday dawn at Wassa Agona in the Western Region.

The suspects have been iden­tified as Francis Ebuka, Wisdom Justway, Samuel Chibuzor and Kinglsy Okechuku alias “Kofi Kingsly.”

A news brief from the Police said the suspects, in the course of the robbery also subjected the fuel attendants to severe beatings and made away with an unspecified amount of money together with the filling station’s CCTV Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and mobile phones belonging to the victims.

It said upon receiving informa­tion concerning the robbery, Police patrol teams within the catchment area mobilised and proceeded to the scene.

The brief said in the course of the operation, the Police arrested suspects Francis Ebuka, Wisdom Justway and Samuel Chibuzor who were fleeing the robbery scene on a motorbike.

It said a search conducted on them led to the recovery of a black hood, a handbag containing two mobile phones and GH¢20,722.

The brief said the Police team further pursued the fourth suspect, Kingsly Okechuku to a hotel near Bogoso where GH¢44,852, sus­pected to be part of their booty, was retrieved from him.

It stated that all the four sus­pects were in Police custody and would be prosecuted before court.

It assured the public that the Police would continue to work tirelessly to keep communities safe.

-GNA

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