{"id":88416,"date":"2015-02-04T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=88416"},"modified":"2015-02-04T18:22:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:22:57","slug":"gun-knife-wielding-men-arrested-for-attacking-chinese-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=88416","title":{"rendered":"Gun, knife-wielding men arrested for attacking Chinese miners\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ashanti Regional Police command have arrested eight (8) armed men who tried to rob two Chinese miners\u00a0who were transporting their gold and money from a\u00a0mining site to Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;DovPspHbuet095vIT53lvofUdPCmnD9Y&#8221;]The men were\u00a0armed with pump action guns, knives\u00a0and\u00a0other dangerous weapons, according to the Police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspects are being processed for court on the charge of preparation to commit crime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a press briefing on Wednesday\u00a0at the Ashanti Regional Police Headquarters, the Regional Crime officer, Chief Superintendent Peter Baba narrated that\u00a0on February 2, 2015 at about 12:00pm, Police upon intelligence arrested suspects Godfred Adu aka Nana Yaw, Kwaku Morszo, Emmanuel Okyere aka Yaw Ketewa aka Pusher, Akwasi Ansah and Assan kwadwo who confessed that they were on an operation to rob the two Chinese men.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/armed-robbers-ksi-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88413\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/armed-robbers-ksi-5.jpg\" alt=\"armed robbers ksi (5)\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspects named Michael Kwabena Gyamfi, Agyemang Boadi and Kwame Boateng as their accomplices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the suspects, Godfred Adu led Police to\u00a0arrest the said accomplices on board taxi with registration number, AW 1535-12 and retrieved two pump action guns, eight pieces of AAA cartridges, a knife and talisman from them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peter Baba said &#8220;A search conducted in the room of suspect Agyeman Boadi at Bidiem-Obuasi revealed one locally made pistol and 5 cartridges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/armed-robbers-ksi-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-88414\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/armed-robbers-ksi-6.jpg\" alt=\"armed robbers ksi (6)\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One standing fan, DVD player, amplifier, desktop computer, pendrive, five AAA cartridges and assorted mobile phones all suspected to be stolen properties were also retrieved from his room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ashanti Regional Police command have arrested eight (8) armed men who tried to rob two Chinese miners\u00a0who were transporting their gold and money from a\u00a0mining site to Kumasi. 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