THE Somanya Police last Friday arrested a 22-year-old armed robber who was found in possession of a number of offensive weapons suspected to be used in robbery operations in Somanya and its environs.
The suspect, Emmanuel Sackey, who was in the company of two other accomplices, both residents of Krobo Odumasi, was said to have been caught with a bag containing a military G3 rifle, two single-barrelled shotguns, 18 rounds of ammunition, a hammer and a machete.
While Sackey was in custody, his two companions, whose names were only given as Sackitey and Kojo, who had escaped arrest, were said to have gone to the police station at 3.20 a.m. and inflicted machete wounds on Sergeant S. S. Baako, who was on duty, in an apparent attempt to free their colleague at a time when residents and the police were on the trail of the suspects.
The three were said to have been confronted by some residents of the area, who were suspicious of their movements.
Sackey is currently in police custody assisting in investigations.
The Akuse District Police Commander, ASP Bernard Twum-Barimah, who confirmed this to the Daily Graphic in Somanya on Saturday, said the police received a report at 10.20 p.m. on July 11, this year that some residents of the area, who were suspicious of Sackey and his accomplices, confronted them.
He said during the confrontation, the suspects threatened the residents but the latter called the police, during which Sackitey and Kojo took to their heels, while Sackey, who was holding the bag containing the offensive weapons, threw it away but he was arrested with the support of the police.
He said when the police conducted a search on Sackey at the police station, a military G3 rifle, two single-barrelled shotguns, 18 rounds of ammunition, a hammer, a machete and cups were found.
ASP Twum-Barimah said it was while the policemen and the residents were searching for Sackitey and Kojo at about 3.20 a.m. that the two went to the police station and inflicted machete wounds on Sergeant Baako.
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