POLICE PLACE GH₵50,000 BOUNTY ON ROBBERY GANG
The Ghana Police Service has placed a bounty of
GH₵50,000 on a robbery gang suspected to have been engaged in a daylight
robbery at Sampa Valley near Weija, in the Greater Accra Region today, Friday,
September 24, 2021.
The gang of four who
were armed allegedly attacked and robbed a woman of an unspecified amount of
money at Sampa Valley near the Weija barrier in Accra.
Two of the suspected
robbers who were wielding guns and were on motorbikes accosted a vehicle being
driven by the victim.
They allegedly opened
the back door of the vehicle and bolted with a backpack containing an
unspecified amount of money amid the firing warning shots to ward off people.
The victim is said to
have gone to a bank to withdraw money and it is believed the robbers who were
monitoring her movement pursued her.
They attacked her a few
minutes after she drove out of the bank.
The police in a
statement signed by the Acting Director-General of the Public Affairs
Directorate of the Ghana Police Service announced a financial reward of
GH₵50,000 for anyone with information that will lead to the arrest of the gang.
The police said it had
instituted security measures to arrest robbery gangs attacking people in the
Greater Accra Region in recent times.
“We, therefore, plead
with residents to bear with us with regards to the scaled-up security measures
to deal with these thugs”, it said.
It urged the public and
corporate institutions who intend to withdraw and deposit huge sums of money to
exercise caution or contact the police for assistance with such transactions.
It also called on the
public to report any suspicious behaviour or movement of persons through the
police emergency numbers;
• 18555
• 191,
• 0302773906 or
• 0302787373.
“We will never, ever
allow these thugs to disturb our peace as a people,” the statement said.
It commended members of
the public for their continued assistance and assured that with their support,
“our communities will remain safe”.