The Abuakwa District Police Command on Friday, 9th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2018, arrested 19-year old Eric Vivor alias Destiny, and Issah Wedam (now deceased) for their involvement in the robbery.<\/p>\n The suspects admitted to the crime and mentioned Egollah, Azumah, Mmoyah, Appolar and Kwaku who are all at large as their accomplices.<\/p>\n The now-deceased suspect later led the police to a room at Atwima-Owabi where two (2) locally manufactured guns, a cutlass, assorted mobile phones and a leather ammunition belt with four cartridges were retrieved.<\/p>\n Other items retrieved included; a sword, a pinch bar, a black pack containing assorted ID cards and documents from some financial institutions as well as large quantities of assorted provisions suspected to have been robbed from their victims.<\/p>\n Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Ken Yeboah, addressing journalists in Kumasi said whilst police were escorting Issah Wedam to a waiting vehicle, the suspect took to his heels through a bamboo farm towards the banks of the Owabi River to enable him to escape lawful custody.<\/p>\n The police chased after the suspect and fired at him wounding him.<\/p>\n \u201cThe suspect was re-arrested and rushed to the Abuakwa Health Center for treatment, but was pronounced dead on arrival\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n He indicated that the command will prosecute suspect Eric Vivor.<\/p>\n The body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) morgue for preservation and autopsy.<\/p>\n This incident comes at a time when similar robberies have occurred in other parts of the country, raising concerns about general insecurity.<\/p>\n The police administration has stepped up efforts to reduce the robberies by arresting perpetrators and making sure they face the full rigours of the law.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Robbery-weapons.jpg\")
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