Police in the Eastern Region are uncertain of the whereabouts of three suspects accused of attempting to rob a Ghana Commercial Bank Bullion van at Maame Krobo in the Afram Plains South District.
The attempted robbery led to the death of the driver of the van after a heated exchange of gunfire between the police officer in the van and the suspects.
The Afram Plains District Police Commander, Superintendent Obeng Dompreh on Wednesday told Citi News he was on his way to Koforidua to hand the suspects over for further interrogations but the Police there are yet to receive the suspects.
For a trip that takes two hours, speculations are rife that the suspects escaped whilst being escorted to Koforidua.
The Eastern Regional Public Affairs Officer, ASP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah narrated to Citi News their difficulty in locating the suspects.
He said “we are all here waiting for them they haven’t told us about the escape of the suspects. We rather heard on social and traditional media that the suspects have escaped then about an hour ago we heard another one saying they’ve been arrested at Nsawam.â€
“So we are still waiting for them to brief us. Even if they have escaped, we have Police means of communication. Our communication experts are trying all means to contact them. We’ve become very apprehensive; we are only praying that all these speculations are not true. A lot of perceptions were in the rumour mill before we heard they have escaped, we are more concerned than everybody else,†he added.
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