Kasoa Police nab 3 armed robbers

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28-07-08

The Kasoa police have arrested a 28-year-old man described by the police as a notorious armed robber and two other accomplices who, for sometime now, have been harassing and terrorising residents within and outside the Kasoa township.
Yaw Konadu, aka Akobam, who is the main suspect, and his accomplices, Alex Aseidu, 20 and Ibrahim Fusseni, 20 were picked up at about 1am at their hideout in the Kasoa new town area by a military/police patrol team. Items retrieved included cutlasses, hammer and other instruments.
The Kasoa District Police Commander, Superintendent Isaac Buabeng, told the Daily Graphic that on July 26, 2008, the patrol team was able to round up the suspects with the assistance of the community watch group at Kasoa New Town .
He said following their arrests, there was wide jubilation by the people who had been terrorised by the robbers for a very long time.
He said the suspects were able to send them to the place they normally converged before embarking on criminal activities, saying that at that place, two other suspects-Razak Kassim, 20 and Suleiman Mumuni, 20, were caught working on dried leaves suspected to be indian hemp.
Superintendent Buabeng explained that Moses Mensah, a welder at Amanfrom junction, identified the suspect and his accomplices as those who attacked him at knife point and made away with his two mobile phones.
A drinking bar operator, Kweku Akom, he said, was on December 28, 2007 attacked by the three men, adding that while Akobam used a broken bottle to inflict multiple wounds on his head, one of his accomplices began pulling his testicles.
He said they managed to take away his mobile phone estimated at GH¢200 and GH¢100.
Superintendent Buabeng said the police were compiling all the cases against the suspects, and appealed to people who had fallen victims to report to the police.
After that, he said, the suspects would be put before court.