Crime & Punishment of Monday, 1 October 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgTema Police shoots two alleged robbers deadThe robbers engaged the police in a gun battle (file photo)The Tema Police Command on Monday gunned down two alleged armed robbers and arrested two others after engaging them in a shootout. DSP Darkwah said a police team was dispatched to the scene, where the robbers numbering about 10, engaged them in a gun battle. In the process, two of the alleged robbers were wounded and two others, Yaw Lagekpo, 47 years and 45-years-old Boking Godwin, were arrested while the rest managed to escape. He indicated that the two wounded robbers were rushed to the Police Hospital where they were pronounced dead and that bodies were being kept at the hospital’s morgue awaiting autopsy. DSP Darkwah stated that two security guards stationed at the warehouse who were tied up by the robbers were rescued by the Police.

Source: GhanaWeb October 01, 2018 14:48 UTC