Four suspects have been picked up by the Police in Kyebi in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region for their involvement in the bullion van robbery attack at Jamestown in Accra on June 14, 2021.
A police officer, Emmanuel Osei, and a hawker, Afua Badu, were attacked by a group of armed robbers who trailed a bullion van in a taxi and on a motorbike and upon arrival at a less crowded location at James Town, fired indiscriminately, killing them instantly and made away with the booty.
The driver of the vehicle was severely injured and was rushed to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for treatment, forcing the IGP James Oppong-Boanuh to declared that no stone would be left unturned until those who carried out the dastardly act, have been arrested.
Following an intelligence operation by the Police, 4 suspects have so far been picked. They are: Collins Addae aka Kekye from Akim-Swedru; Ebenezer Gyimah, aka Peace and Musa Kamara, 26; with his brother Suleman Ketah, 26 years old alias 69, both from Guinea, are said to be on police wanted list.
The suspects, according to reports, were fished from their hideouts at Kyebi by the police at a mining site upon information gathered by the CID Headquarters in Accra.
The suspects, with one currently at large, have for some months been terrorizing residents in Kibi, Akyem Tafo, Osiem, Anyinasin, and its environs.
However, last week, upon information the police arrested suspect Ebenezer Gyimah alias Peace in Kyebi – Zongo, but he managed to escape in handcuffs while leading the police to the other suspects’ hideouts.
He was later picked up on Saturday afternoon, with the three others as Musah Kamara attempted to flee, but was shot in the left knee and subsequently overpowered by the police.
He was rushed to the Kyebi Government Hospital where he is on admission under police guard, and will later be transferred with his accomplices to the police headquarters in Accra.
Meanwhile, more police officers and CID operatives have been dispatched to Akyem Oda area over intelligence report that the suspects involved in the deadly bullion van attack at Jamestown in Accra which led to the killing of a police officer, are hiding in the area.
The police in a statement urged the public to support their work by offering credible information to aid police investigations.
