A man in military uniform Mohammed Mustapha has been arrested in connection with robbery in Tamale in the Northern Region.
Four others namely, Ibrahim Issah, Vivor Christopher, Benjamin Agyei, and Seyram Addo were also arrested in connection with the same incident.
They were arrested by a police patrol team in Buipe. They are behind bars over the theft of a 2020 Toyata Camry vehicle and other properties from its owner at his residence.
Per police report quoted by the Daily Guide newspaper, the suspects on 23 January 2022 attacked and robbed the suspects.
The Buipe highway patrol team on duty at Sawaba police checkpoint on Buipe – Tamale highway was alerted who intercepted and arrested the suspects in two vehicles with registration number AS8445-19 and GX6923-20 in connection with the crime and sent them to the Buipe police station.
Police retrieved from the suspects 13 mobile phones, one Falcon foreign pistol loaded with 9mm ammunition, a wallet containing a bunch of keys together with two handcuffs key, two voter’s ID cards, Melcom card, Access Bank card and cash sum of GHC21.20p.
Other items such as military uniforms, police ballistic helmet and police uniforms were also found in the Toyota Camry Spider with registration number GX6923-20.
