Two of four men who robbed a Chinese and a Ghanaian national near Jacob in the Amansey Central District of the Ashanti Region have been arrested.
The suspects, after robbing the victims of their valuables including mobile phones, forced one of the victims to transfer GHยข30,000 to an MTN Mobile Money number before fleeing the scene.
According to the facts of the incident as set out in the police situation report seen by MyNewsGh.com, on April 29, 2024, at about 11pm, two Chinese and two Ghanaian nationals were returning from Beneneven forest near Jacob after loading an excavator at Anwiankwanta.
They were attacked by four armed men with guns at Fiakoma, near Yacob, where the suspects robbed them of two iPhones and 7,000 cedis and also forced one of the Chinese nationals to transfer 30,000 cedis from his phone number to an MTN number 0541038357 registered in the name of one Esther Opoku.
Police tracked down the aforementioned Esther Opoku to Obuasi and arrested her on June 15, 2024. She pleaded guilty but informed the police that one of the suspects, Peter Boadi (her ex-boyfriend), had called her about the transfer.
According to her statement, her ex-boyfriend and three others came to her place and she withdrew the said amount for them after which they gave her GHยข700.
Police investigators arrested two suspects, Eric Danso, 21, and Daniel Kwaku Owusu, 35, at their hideouts in Fiankoma and Konongo Patreansah respectively, in connection with the robbery.
Both suspects confessed to their involvement in the crime. The suspect, Daniel Kwaku Owusu, admitted to receiving 10,000 cedis of the stolen money while the other suspect, Eric Danso, admitted to receiving 7,000 cedis.
Meanwhile, suspected gang leader Peter Boadi, who is also in possession of a locally manufactured handgun, is being actively pursued by authorities.