Regional News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghMobile currency exchange vendor outsmarts robbers, but gets shot in the legFile photoA mobile currency exchange vendor who outwitted two suspected robbers by giving them a bag stuffed with rags instead of one with $60,000 received gunshots in his leg and the back of his head in the precincts of the Fiesta Royale Hotel at Dzorwulu in Accra last Friday. The victim (name withheld) was taken to the Police Hospital in Accra by some Good Samaritans. The Accra Regional Police Command has mounted a search for the suspected robbers who bolted on a motorbike after shooting the victim. ShootingHe, therefore, asked the victim to meet him instead at the Fiesta Royale Hotel since it was closer to his bank, where he would withdraw the cedi equivalent. Mrs Tenge said the victim, who was admitted to the Police Hospital, had since been discharged.

Source: GhanaWeb April 17, 2019 08:48 UTC