Three persons, comprising a soldier, a policeman and an unemployed man, have been arrested for allegedly attacking and robbing some customers of banks on the Spintex Road, Lapaz and other parts of Accra.
The names of the suspects have been given by the police as Corporal Bernard Tsagli, a soldier attached to the 37 Military Hospital; Corporal Isaac Amejor, a policeman attached to the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) Unit at the Police Headquarters, and Crosby Ofori, aka Fiifi, unemployed.
They are said to have been harassing their victims and taking money from them at gunpoint.
Complaints
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr George Alex Mensah, said the police had received numerous complaints from persons who had fallen victim to the operations of the soldier and his accomplices.
He said most of the victims, who were accosted after withdrawing various amounts of money from their bank accounts, claimed they were falsely arrested by some men in military and police uniforms on allegations that they (the victims) had obtained their money through fraud.
Mr Mensah said one of the victims had reported to the police that four military men in uniform who were using a taxi had dragged her from a public commercial vehicle, claiming they were arresting her for cashing money she had obtained through cybercrime from a bank.
He added that the suspected robbers allegedly collected GH¢4,000 from the victim at gunpoint and later abandoned her at a place.
Another victim is also said to have reported to the La-Bawaleshie Police that about 3:30 p.m. on February 2, 2018, four men in police and military uniforms aboard a taxi cab robbed him of GH¢2,265 at gunpoint.
Most of the victims said they were robbed after withdrawing money from the Mile Seven branch of the Global Access Bank, while others said they were attacked at Lapaz, the Spintex Road, Abattoir and some other parts of Accra.
Police intelligence, according to Mr Mensah, showed that the suspected robbers sometimes laid ambush near a bank to monitor their victims, trail and attack them on the road or in their homes.
He noted that the police arrested the three suspects, based on intelligence, at the Mile 7 Goil Filling Station while they were trying to take money from one of their victims.
He said the police had since commenced investigations into the matter.
Earlier arrest
This is the second time that Corporal Tsagli has been arrested in connection with a similar crime.
On May 14, 2017, he was arrested, together with a taxi driver, when he pulled over a taxi at the Nhyiraba Kojo City Night Club, near the Sakumono Community 18 Global Access Bank in Accra after he had allegedly collected GH¢1,500 from one of his victims.
During a search on the two suspects after their arrest, the police retrieved a taser and a pair of handcuffs believed to have been used to harass their victims.
Source: Daily Graphic
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The way this country is going, we are sitting on a time bomb! We the citizens need to take back control of our country. The country is too divided along NDC/NPP lines and these divisions keep deepening every day. Every issue of national importance is interpreted through the lenses of NDC/NPP,why? We need to vote out these two parties in order to unite this country as one Ghana.I therefore call on the supporters of both NDC/NPP to think deeply about the safety of this country. You have relatives who are Ghanaians and if there is war we will all suffer. It is a tough call but it is the right call. We need to be bold and take a step back in order to leap to the next level as a party. Are we not tired of the political bickering and counter accusations among NDC/NPP every day? We need to move forward as Ghana is bigger than these two parties.Ghana first, NDC/NPP and others second. Let's make a choice and let us be patriotic citizens and choose Ghana. We have only one country, Ghana.
and they will be freed again. no be Ghana we dey? why wont ple resort to mob justice? give me one reason why.
Kweku, wo maame tweeaaaasre! Did Akufo Addo's government employed these people? Have you seen their names?shameful ndc, when you employed your footsoldiers into our service and they use that to rob under your instructions to cause fear and panic I'm Ghana you turn to blame an innocent man?may God deal with you! THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S! all enemies of Ghana will be exposed! I don't want to hear Rose Atinga Bio recited them because the woman is mo more there and these people are known kriminals who were arrested so who freed them? Why should hardened kriminals be left to roam about? Their people should come out and demand their release, the fruit that they sowed are bearing fruits. God so good each and everyone has a name and where that name come from. These are the armed robbery set up by the ndc to make the president's government seem ungovernable by the ndc, and this is why they are demonstrating against American soldiers presence in Ghana to protect Ghanaians, that's ndc for you. All eyes will see the wickedness of the evil. Ndc is not good for Ghana.
that is the work of Akuffo addo, an order from above, that guy might be a member of invincible forces
so why was this criminal military man freed after the may 2017 arrest. what kind of judicial system do we have in this country. the guy should have been court martialed and dismissed from the military
So Corporal Tsagli was arrested for a similar offence and freed to continue attacking and robbing innocent citizens? Unbelievable!!!!