By Eric Appah Marfo
Accra, July 04, GNA – The Sakumono District Police Command has recovered GH¢140,000 and an AK-47 assault rifle following a robbery attack on a mobile money vendor on Friday, July 3, 2006 at Lashibi, Accra.
According to a statement signed by Chief Superintendent Juliana Obeng, Head of Public Affairs of the Accra Regional Police Command, preliminary investigations established that the victim was attacked by two armed men riding on a motorbike while driving home from work with a bag containing GH¢140,000.
The statement said the suspects allegedly opened fire on the victim’s vehicle, damaging the right rear tyre and front windscreen, before making away with the cash.
However, further investigations revealed that as the suspects attempted to escape on the motorbike with the stolen money, the complainant fired at them, killing one of the suspects at the scene.
The second suspect fled, abandoning the complainant’s bag containing the GH¢140,000, which was subsequently recovered by the Police.
The victim did not sustain any injuries during the attack.
A search conducted on the deceased suspect led to the recovery of an AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines loaded with a total of 55 rounds of live ammunition, an additional 11 rounds of live ammunition, GH¢3,000 in cash, a Samsung mobile phone and an identification card bearing the name Innocent Elemuwa Akachukeu, aged 46.
Police also retrieved five spent AK-47 shells and two spent pistol shells from the crime scene.
The body of the deceased suspect has been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary for preservation, autopsy and identification.
The Accra Regional Police Command has since taken over investigations, while efforts are underway to arrest the fleeing accomplice.
The Command reaffirmed its commitment to combating violent crime and urged members of the public with information that could lead to the arrest of the suspect to report to the nearest Police Station or contact the Police through the emergency numbers 18555 or 191.
GNA
Reporter: Eric Appah Marfo
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Edited by Samuel Osei-Frempong