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General News of Friday, 24 April 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

Turn over a new leaf or face us – Police warns criminals

A robber shot dead at Tema Community 1 play videoA robber shot dead at Tema Community 1

The Ghana Police Service has cautioned all criminal-minded persons in the country to have a change in mind and behaviour or meet them boot for boot.

This warning comes after the Police confirmed that two robbers were killed in a gun battle in Tema after they attacked a businessman who had gone to the bank to withdraw money.

As the hostilities raged, eyewitness scrambled for and grabbed the banknotes which were flying around, in the end, the businessmen only managed to retrieve just GHC2500 out of the 123,345 he had withdrawn from the bank, the police said in a statement.

“The two robbers died in the process, while the money scattered on the streets and were scrambled by people around, leaving only GHC2500 salvaged by the complainant,” the police statement read further.

The police service, therefore, assured residents of Tema Community 1 and Ghanaians at large their full protection from these evil persons in society.

The police, therefore, assured Ghanaians and residents of Tema the "police is at work”.

Read below the full statement