ALERT 🚨: One Robber Shot Dead at Tema Golf City, Police on Manhunt for Another

One Robber Shot Dead at Tema Golf City, Police on Manhunt for Another

The Police in Tema last Monday, December 6, 2021, shot dead one suspected armed robber, while the other accomplice escaped during a shootout with the Golf City Police Motorbike Patrol team.

According a press release from the PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS POST OFFICE BOX 116 ACCRA dated 9TH DECEMBER, 2021, sighted by THE NEWS JUG 📰, the public is informed that ONE ROBBER has been SHOT DEAD AT TEMA GOLF CITY, POLICE ON MANHUNT FOR ANOTHER.

1. The Police in Tema last Monday, December 6, 2021, shot dead one suspected armed robber, while the other accomplice escaped during a shootout with the Golf City Police Motorbike Patrol team.

2. Following a distress call about a robbery attack in the area, a Police patrol team immediately responded and pursued two suspects, who were on a motorbike with the registration number covered with a black polythene bag. The suspects engaged the Police in a shootout leading to the death of one suspect. The second suspect managed to escape.
3. A search on the deceased led to the retrieval of one Samsung A12 mobile phone, one Nokia keypad phone, GHC10.00 and one black 9mm pistol.
4. Later at the scene of the robbery, the victims identified the phones as theirs. The Tema Regional Crime Scene team has examined and processed the scene for investigation. Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Tema General Hospital awaiting identification and autopsy.
The Police have mounted a manhunt to arrest the second suspect who is believed to be limping on one leg.
The Police Administration lauds the two patrol officers for their bravery in pursuing the suspects.
5. We continue to give the assurance that criminals will be pursued with all available resources to make our communities crime-free.
Signed: ACP KWESI OFORI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, PUBLIC AFFAIRS.