The Ghana Police Service’s Buipe Highway Patrol team apprehended a Burma Camp Military man who was leading a gang of five after a victim reported the theft of his 2012 Toyota Camry vehicle in Tamale.
Following notification of the robbery, the Buipe highway patrol team on duty at the Sawaba Police checkpoint on the Buipe-Tamale highway intercepted and arrested the occupants of two vehicles bearing the registration numbers AS8445-19 and GX6923-20, which were carrying the military man and his accomplices.
Mohammed Mustapha Burma Camp DI 3, Ibrahim Issah from Accra, Vivor Christopher, a phone repairer from Accra, Benyamin Agyei, a mobile money vendor from Accra, and Seyram Addo, a plumber from Danfa Madina, were among the five arrested.
According to a Police siterip obtained by MyNewsGh.com, a search of them yielded 13 different mobile phones, a foreign falcon Pistol loaded with 9mm ammunition, a wallet containing a number of keys as well as two handcuff keys, two Voter’s ID Cards, a Melcom card, an Access Bankcard, and Ghc21.20p in cash.
Police also recovered military uniforms, a police ballistic helmet, and police uniforms.
The owner of the Toyota Camry vehicle identified the vehicle GX6923-20 as his after it was taken from him at gunpoint, along with other items, at his residence in Banvim-Jonshegu, a Tamale suburb.
The suspects have been charged and are being processed for court.
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