Four persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an attack on police officers in Axim in the Western Region.
They are Kojo Slah alias Mozey, Emmanuel Mensah alias Kofi Asamoah, Maxwell Cudjoe and Agyabu Haruna Dissawu.
In a statement on Sunday, April 2, 2023, the police said, “On 9 March 2023, the Axim Divisional Police patrol team reported an attack on the team by a gang that seized the magazine of a service rifle together with some mobile phones belonging to the police officers.
An intelligence operation was immediately launched after the report to get the suspects arrested,” the police statement added.
A search conducted at the residence of Kwame Ato Asare Ani, the prime suspect, who is still on the run, led to the retrieval of three (3) pump-action shotguns. Also, one pump-action shotgun, two machetes and eight BB refilled cartridges were retrieved from the suspect’s unregistered Honda CRV vehicle.
Other items retrieved from the suspects include two live refilled BB cartridges and one unregistered motorbike.
Meanwhile, all the suspects have been put before court and have been remanded in custody as efforts are continuing to get the remaining suspects arrested.
The police said while investigations were ongoing it took excerpt of a video footage in which police personnel and members of the Axim Patrol team were pleading with members of the gang as the gang alleged extortion by the police officers.
The allegation of extortion against the officers has since been referred to the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSP) for investigation, according to the police administration.
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