The Police have arrested four persons for allegedly attacking police personnel in the Western Region.
The four suspects have been identified as Kojo Siah alias Mozey, Emmanuel Mensah alias Kofi Asamoah, Maxwell Cudjoe, and Agyabu Haruna Dissawu.
They were arrested on March 28, 2023, for their suspected involvement in the attack on the police personnel in Axim in the Western Region.
Meanwhile, an alleged case of extortion against the police has also been referred to the Police Professional Standards Bureau for investigation.
According to the Police, the suspects were arrested three weeks after the alleged attack took place.
It said on March 9, 2023, the Axim Divisional Police patrol team reported an attack on the team by a gang that seized the magazine of a Service rifle together with some mobile phones belonging to the police officers.
The suspects according to the police were arrested after about three weeks of the intelligence operation.
A search conducted at the residence of Kwame Ato Asare Ani, the prime suspect, who is still on the run, led to the retrieval of three pump-action shotguns.
The Police also retrieved one pump-action shotgun, two machetes, and eight BB rifle cartridges from the suspect’s unregistered Honda vehicle.
Aside from that, the police retrieved two live BB cartridges and one unregistered motorbike.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
