In a press release announcing their arrest, management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital said the activities of the duo came to their notice through a tip-off leading to a special operation by the hospital’s security which resulted in their arrest. Upon mounting surveillance, the alleged thieves were arrested around 2:00 am on Saturday, May 22, 2021. The Hospital in its statement said, “They were arrested on the surgical third floor when they made the attempt to steal several pints of blood that had been mobilized for various surgical procedures”. One of the suspects on his arrest was wearing a laboratory coat disguising himself as a health professional and a staff of the hospital. In his possession at the time of the arrest were some pints of blood while his accomplice who was also picked up was said to be waiting in a 2018 registered Daewoo Matiz vehicle outside the car park around the hospital’s administration block.

Source: GhanaWeb May 26, 2021 07:18 UTC