2 Teenagers grabbed for robbery

Luck eluded two young men on August 29, 2020 when they chose the wrong victim to rob at Dichemso in the Kumasi Metropolis.

The two young suspected armed robbers, John Akwasi and Joshua Afriyie, both aged 18, attempted to rob a national security operative resident at Dichemso.

The victim, however, overpowered them, arrested and handed them over to the Airport Police in the Ashanti Region.

Brief
Addressing the press on the arrest of the two teenagers, the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP) Kwasi Mensah Duku, said in the early hours of Saturday, August 29, 2020 at about 12:30 a.m., the two, armed with a machete and a pair of scissors, attempted to rob their victim of his personal effects.

However their victim, who was armed, pulled a gun on them, disarmed them and handed them over to the police.

He said the two were currently in police custody and would soon be arraigned before court on charges of attempted robbery.

Security
In a related development, the regional commander advised commercial drivers, especially cabbies operating within the metropolis, to be on the alert and avoid long-distance trips particularly in the evening.

He said some criminals had devised a new means of snatching cars from their owners by taking them on long-distance trips and on the way, snatched the cars from them.

He asked the drivers not to be lured by the money involved and risk their lives.

Another strategy that the criminals had adopted, according to him, was that they would initially demand “that the drivers take them to a nearby venue and while going or when they get there, they will request to be taken to a different location further than the earlier one”.

He said when the drivers realised that, they should abort the trip and if the person insisted, “drive to the nearest police station or checkpoint and park there”.

He said while the police would continue to do their part in ensuring that the region was safe for all, “it behoves on all of us to take our personal security seriously and avoid situations that will compromise our security”.