2 Armed robbers die, 3 on the run

The Police on Saturday afternoon exchanged fire with about eight armed robbers who robbed a shop at North Kaneshie.

One of the robbers died, two are in detention at the Kaneshie Police station, one is receiving treatment at the Police Hospital at Cantonments while the others are on the run.

Superintendent John Kudalor, District Officer in-charge of the Kaneshie Police station who confirmed the story, told the Ghana News Agency that the robbers attacked Miya Enterprise at about 1.PM, operating in two taxicabs, one of which they abandoned after the policemen succeeded in shooting its tyre.

The police found five Compact Disc Cassette players, five Video decks, one Sony radio set, 22 live cartridges, one double short gun, one police beret, eight pieces of 8.2 ammunitions and 27,000 cedis cash in the abandoned taxi.

Mr. Michael Kelvin, owner of Miya Enterprise, in an interview said the robbers attacked the shop wounding one of the shop attendants, who is now receiving treatment at the Police Hospital.

He said the other taxi cap, which managed to run away, contained most of the stolen items, worth over 50 million cedis.

In a related development, two persons have lodged complaints with the Kaneshie

Police about their cars, which the robbers are alleged to have taken away from them after abandoning one of their taxicabs.

Francis Ekow Mbir, driver of Mitsubishi Lancer GR 6572 K said he was in traffic on the Kaneshie Odorkor road when the armed men pulled him out of his car at gunpoint and fled in it.

Meanwhile, the car has been retrieved by the police, while the other car, Hyundai Accent GR 9580 Q is still missing.

...Injured Armed Robber Dies At Hospital

The armed robber who was shot and wounded by a police officer in last Saturday’s robbery attempt at Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana is dead.
He died yesterday evening at the Police Hospital.He received Multiple gunshot wounds during the Police chase. According to the director of the Police Hospital, Dr. Owusu Afriyie, the suspect was brought to the hospital in critical condition and has not yet been identified.
Last Saturday, five armed robbers who raided a pharmacy shop, at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana and an electrical shop at North Kaneshie, exchanged fire with the police. One of the robbers was lynched by a mob, the other sustained injuries while the three others managed to escape in another vehicle.