Storekeeper, 3 others arrested over missing weapons at KUMACA
Police at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region; have arrested four persons believed to be behind the disappearance of two short guns and a pump action gun belonging to the Kumasi Academy.
It is unclear why school authorities were keeping the weapons in the school.
Citi News understands that one of the suspects, the store keeper of the school, and three others are in custody assisting investigations.
According to a Citi News source, the school’s store keeper reported that he left the store room in the care of a Carpenter, a Painter and two sliding door moulders from Parkoso at about 10.30am on Thursday 11th January, 2018.
The source added that, the storekeeper narrated that, when he returned to the storeroom the next day, he noticed that the weapons were nowhere to be found, and that all efforts to trace have been unsuccessful.
Manhyia Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Kwaku Buah, confirmed the arrest to Citi News.
He said “I can confirm, I am only confirming what you have gone to find out from the school. As I speak to you now I am with the District Commander of Asokore Mampong and he has briefed me. For now I can confirm that four people have been arrested. I want to talk to all the suspects.”
Source: citi
