{"id":369069,"date":"2017-11-07T07:07:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T07:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=369069"},"modified":"2017-11-07T07:07:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T07:07:55","slug":"policeman-supervisor-arrested-over-tema-toll-booth-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/policeman-supervisor-arrested-over-tema-toll-booth-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman, supervisor arrested over Tema toll booth robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Police officer and a supervisor at the Tema Motorway toll booth, have been arrested in connection with a robbery incident.<\/p>\n
Some suspected armed robbers on motorbikes on Sunday, broke into the toll booth and made away with about GHC 45,000.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”P6TLbZXLaynf2nTIyJH77dMoIfS4FHnd”]Reports say armed robbers stormed the tollbooth at the Tema end of the motorway at about 9:30pm, and made away with the amount, which is believed to be the entire revenue collected between Friday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the Tema Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Joseph Benifo Darkwa, said Police have intensified security following the incident.<\/p>\n He further indicated that, the two had been picked up to assist the Police in its investigations.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have the patrol team patrolling around. We have the highway patrol team also doing their patrol so I think for now everything is okay…We are investigating to find out the facts on the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n It is unclear why such huge amount was kept at the collection point between Friday and Sunday, instead of being deposited at the bank.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Philip Lartey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Police officer and a supervisor at the Tema Motorway toll booth, have been arrested in connection with a robbery incident. Some suspected armed robbers on motorbikes on Sunday, broke into the toll booth and made away with about GHC 45,000. [contextly_sidebar id=”P6TLbZXLaynf2nTIyJH77dMoIfS4FHnd”]Reports say armed robbers stormed the tollbooth at the Tema end of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[3,2164,2165],"yoast_head":"\n