The Ghana Police Service has recovered GH¢140,000 and an AK-47 assault rifle following a robbery attack on a mobile money vendor at Lashibi in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a police statement issued on Saturday, July 4, preliminary investigations indicate that the victim was attacked by two armed men on a motorbike while driving home on July 3 with a bag containing GH¢140,000. The suspects allegedly fired at the victim’s vehicle, damaging the right rear tyre and front windscreen, before making away with the cash.
Police said the complainant subsequently fired at the fleeing suspects, killing one of them at the scene. The second suspect escaped, abandoning the bag containing the stolen GH¢140,000, which was later recovered. The victim was not injured during the incident.
A search on the deceased suspect led to the retrieval of an AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines loaded with 55 rounds of live ammunition, 11 additional rounds of ammunition, GH¢3,000 in cash, a Samsung mobile phone, and an identification card bearing the name Innocent Elemuwa Akachukwu, aged 46. Police also recovered five spent AK-47 shells and two spent pistol shells from the scene.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary for preservation, autopsy, and identification, while the Accra Regional Police Command has taken over investigations and is pursuing the second suspect.
The Police have appealed to the public to provide any information that could lead to the arrest of the fugitive by reporting to the nearest police station or calling emergency numbers 18555 or 191.
By: Bernard Mensah |Planbfmonline.com
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