3 Suspected Robbers Gun Down at Weija

Three suspected armed robbers were gunned down at Weija by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command on Thursday dawn.

The robbers identified as Kwame Salsa, Jah Rule and Joe, had allegedly attempted to snatch a police vehicle which was being used for an undercover operation.

Narrating the incidence to media yesterday, the Commander of the Greater Accra Police Command, DCOP G. A. Mensah, said the three suspected armed robbers were shot dead by the regional police in a fire exchange at Weija.

According to him, “the three suspects have been under police surveillance satellite for the past three months, and are noted to have been involved in most of the robberies and car snatching operations within and around Gbawe, Bortianor, Weija, Kokrobite and Kasoa stretch.”

He mentioned that the robbers succeeded in snatching a number of vehicles with the recent one being an attack on a victim where they succeeded in snatching his Range Rover, but unfortunately, they were not able to drive the car, and were compelled to ransack the vehicle of its valuable items.

“Items found on them include two locally manufactured pistols with nine rounds of BB cartridges, browning pistols with five rounds of nine MM ammunition, and five mobile phones and an iPad,” he stressed.

The remains of the robbers have since been deposited at the Police hospital pending autopsy.

DCOP G. A. Mensah further cautioned all criminals to repent from their activities or face the wrath of the police.

“We want to sound a strong warning to the criminals to better quit their nefarious activities or face the police squarely in our recent crime combat,” he stressed.

By: Emmanuel Yeboah Britwum/ thePublisher