Three men have been arrested and detained by the police over a failed attempt to rob a fuel station at Abinkyim, near Asante-Bekwai in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n
Their names were given as Boakye Ansah, a former employee of the fuel station believed to be the leader of the gant, Samuel Agyekum and Innocent Amoako, alias \u2018Stonky\u2019.<\/p>\n
Commissioner of Police (COP) Ken Yeboah, the Ashanti Regional Commander, told journalists in Kumasi that the incident happened deep in the night of Thursday, March 08.<\/p>\n
They had engaged the services of a taxi driver from Anhwiankwanta to the fuel station, and when they got to place, Ansah changed into a jacket similar to the one worn by attendants of the station.<\/p>\n
Amoako, who had concealed a pistol in a\u00a0long white dress he was wearing, quickly moved into the office of the manager with one of the suspects as their other colleague waited outside.<\/p>\n
They did not however meet the manager, and the police, who had already received information about the planned robbery, struck before they could escape in the hired taxi.<\/p>\n
They were arrested, and a search conducted on them uncovered a pistol, kitchen knives, a mask and gloves.<\/p>\n
COP Yeboah said the three were being held in police custody together with the taxi driver to assist in their investigation.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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