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Crime & Punishment of Thursday, 1 April 2010

Source: GNA

Tema Police mount search for two armed robbers

Tema, April 1, GNA - The Tema Regional Police Command has appealed to al= l health workers in health facilities in and around the Metropolis to alert=

the Command about people visiting the facilities with gun shot wounds. The appeal is contained in a statement issued by the Command on Wednesda= y and signed by Chief Inspector Olivia Turkson, Police Public Affairs Offic= er.

It said on March 29 two middle aged men parked a Toyota Prado and an Ope= l Astra vehicle at the Raphal Medical Centre to seek medical attention. The statement said two armed men, in a black VW Jetta, also parked in-between the two vehicles, broke their side glasses and made away with a laptop computer, personal effects and a school bag containing books. The Command said a patriotic citizen helped the Police Officer on duty a= t the premises with his car to chase the robbers amidst exchange of gun fir= e. It said in the process, the robbers who sustained some bullet wounds, abandoned their VW Jetta car at Community Eight, near Datus Complex Schoo= l and fled. A laptop computer, a printer and five different number plates were retrieved from the car. The Command is also pleading with the public to volunteer information o= n the occupants of the VW Jetta car for their arrest. des and chemicals contaminated rivers and water bodies and affected water quality, and this led to fish kills and destruction of other aquatic organisms. He said modern practices of raising animals for food contributed on a=