Crime & Punishment of Saturday, 15 December 2018Source: Graphic.com.ghYonkopa Cocoa robbed of GH¢380,000File photoFour suspected armed robbers last Thursday afternoon stormed the offices of the District Yonkopa Cocoa, a licensed cocoa buying company (LCBC), in New Edubiase and robbed it of GH¢380,000. The robbers are said to have trailed the staff of the company from the bank to the offices where they were supposed to distribute the money to their purchasing clerks. Amid sporadic firing, the robbers, who allegedly came in a Toyota taxicab (number withheld), went into the room and collected the money and bolted. He said the police initially arrested two of the district officers of the company but they had been released on police inquiry bail. “However, they did not inform us about the payment for us to give protection and now this has happened,” he lamented.

Source: GhanaWeb December 15, 2018 10:52 UTC