[contextly_sidebar id=”LiOHWONnRebSYn82NcPhO4frwZyukojv”]The three whose names were given by the police as Emmanuel Apisugu, 19, a motor mechanic, Horlanyo Mensah, 19, unemployed, and Prince Asare, 17, a trader, were arrested at their hideout at Alajo.<\/p>\n
They broke into houses at Haatso, Atomic and its surrounding areas and stole the television sets.<\/p>\n
More reports from victims\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Briefing journalists in Accra, the Deputy Accra Regional Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Timothy Yoosa Bonga, said the three suspects were armed with a cutter and a crowbar which they used to break into the houses of their victims.<\/p>\n He said the police had received a number of reports from victims whose houses had been burgled while they had gone to church or were sleeping at night.<\/p>\n Mr Bonga said the Police intensified their search for the three after they reportedly scaled over the wall of a house at Haatso at about 12 midnight on April 6, 2015, and made away with a 50-inch thermocool LED television set.<\/p>\n Items found\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Bonga said when a search was conducted at the hideout of the suspects, 10 flat-screen television sets were found.<\/p>\n The police also found three laptops, a canon camera, two Samsung tablets and an ipad in their possession.<\/p>\n They have since been charged with stealing and are being processed for court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n