{"id":405445,"date":"2018-03-01T11:37:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T11:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=405445"},"modified":"2018-03-01T15:51:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:51:50","slug":"three-arrested-over-koforidua-robbery-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/three-arrested-over-koforidua-robbery-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrested over Koforidua robbery incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, says three persons have been arrested for their alleged roles in three separate robbery incidents by a gang of 4 armed men in the New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, he said the arrest was made after an identification parade, during which the three were identified by eight victims of the robberies.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”TrHDVH1B66Z1czh7VJ3ymrIHxXcC7vtK”]\u201cWe have arrested the three of those most wanted and notorious armed robbers who are in our custody now. On Tuesday we conducted an ID parade and almost all eight victims identified them as the persons who attacked them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He says the victims and other members of the public are assisting the police with further information to enable them prosecute the suspects.<\/p>\n He mentioned that in their attempt to make the people of Koforidua safe, they have divided the municipality into four zones for quick responses. He says they have intensified their intelligence based systems.<\/p>\n \u201cwe have zoned the municipality into four zones, recently the police administration gave us three additional vehicles for operational purpose and in addition to the vehicles we have now, we have been able to zone the municipality, so that at any point in time, based on the where the robbery is, we can quickly respond to the crime scene,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n