Two
suspected armed robber are in the grips of the police in Ashanti region for
robbing a truck load of dried cocoa beans valued at over Gh₵120,000.
Twenty-six
year old Kwabena Amoako and Awudu Razak, 22, together with other accomplices on
run, took possession of an articulator truck loaded with 550 bags of cocoa
beans at Hwidiem.
Narrating
the ordeal to Luv News, truck driver, George Boakye, said that he and other three
colleagues fell into the hands of the robbers at Hwidiem on the Sunyani-Kumasi
highway.
According
to him, the gang opened fire on him but managed to escape unhurt. His colleagues
were however robbed and detained by the robbers for close to eight hours.
Ashanti
Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Tanko, says Amajaro Ghana Limited
on Sunday May 26, 2013 dispatched the vehicle from the Brong Ahafo region for
discharge of the cocoa beans at Tema.
A
gang of six men, armed with guns and knives onboard an unidentified private vehicle
attacked and robbed the truck load of cocoa beans, together with three mobile
phones and cash of Gh₵690.00.
ASP
Tanko says the robbers were heading towards Kumasi when the police patrol team
on Monday intercepted them at Mfensi in the Ashanti region.
“They
were looking for a place to hide it [the goods] so that when things cool they
can transport it to where ever they want to sell”, he alleged. “Mostly what
they do is that when they are able to get a place and park, then they load it onto
another vehicle for onward transportation to wherever they want”.
The
police PRO entreated businesses to collaborate with the security agencies in
instituting measures for swift response to protect lives and property on the
highway.
An
official of Amajaro Ghana intimated Luv news the installation of a vehicle
tracking device on the vehicle facilitated the interception.
Police
investigators are on the lookout for other suspected accomplices.
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