Ghana: Police Kill Robbery Suspect, Arrest 8 in Tema Crackdown
The Tema Regional Police Command has shot dead a suspected armed robber during a gun battle at Zenu Obaatan and arrested eight suspects in separate armed robbery and murder cases as it intensifies efforts to tackle violent crime in the region. The Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Eric Asamoah Asiedu, disclosed this at a media briefing in Tema on Thursday. He said the Zenu-Atadeka Police Command received intelligence on July 14 about a planned robbery at Zenu Obaatan.
- ▪The Tema Regional Police Command has shot dead a suspected armed robber during a gun battle at Zenu Obaatan and arrested eight suspects in separate armed robbery and murder cases as it intensifies efforts to tackle violent crime in the regi
- ▪The Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Eric Asamoah Asiedu, disclosed this at a media briefing in Tema on Thursday.
- ▪He said the Zenu-Atadeka Police Command received intelligence on July 14 about a planned robbery at Zenu Obaatan.
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The Tema Regional Police Command has shot dead a suspected armed robber during a gun battle at Zenu Obaatan and arrested eight suspects in separate armed robbery and murder cases as it intensifies efforts to tackle violent crime in the region. The Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Eric Asamoah Asiedu, disclosed this at a media briefing in Tema on Thursday. He said the Zenu-Atadeka Police Command received intelligence on July 14 about a planned robbery at Zenu Obaatan. Police surveillance on July 15 and 16 led officers to four armed suspects in the early hours of July 16. According to DCOP Asiedu, the suspects opened fire on the police upon sighting them, prompting officers to return fire in self-defence.
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