The Ashanti regional police command has arrested two suspects namely: Vikuniba Joe Zoot, 25, and Kozel Borama, 25, for attempting to sell the head of a five year old boy they beheaded.
According to the police, at about 7:00pm on Wednesday March 7, 2018, the two suspects all from Tongo, in the Upper East region, approached one Sheik Alhaji Mohammed Maaye, a spiritualist at Suame to sell the human head to him.
The spiritualist expressed his interest and agreed to pay an amount of two thousand five hundred Ghana cedis (2,500.00).
He however arranged with the police on the blind side of the suspects to get them arrested.
The police acting upon the information, stormed the residence of the priest and apprehended the suspects who were in the process of handing over the head of the minor, to the priest in a black polythene bag.
Addressing the media today [Friday], regional commander for Kumasi, DCOP Ken Yeboah said, the suspects later led the police to retrieve the headless body of the deceased at the outskirt of Ampabame near Sokobon in an uncompleted building.
Information so far revealed that, the deceased was residing with his parents at Suame in Kumasi.
The suspects he added confessed to the crime and would be processed for court on Monday March 12, 2018.
He was however quick to add that, the police ''is still conducting further investigation into the matter''.
Meanwhile, three other suspects in connection with a foiled robbery incident at Abenkyim near Bekwai have also been arrested.
The three suspects namely: Samuel Agyekum, 18, Boakye Ansah,24, and Innocent Amoako alias stonky,19, had planned to rob a filling station at Abenkyim near Bekwai.
DCOP Yeboah told journalists that, the suspects confessed of their plan to rob the filling station during interrogation.