Unemployed in court for possession of ammunition

General News of Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-01-23

Prince Effah, a 23-year-old unemployed man, was brought to trial in Accra to be prepared to commit a crime with six other people currently on the run and holding unauthorized ammunition. legal.

Prince is allegedly in possession of two BB cartridges without legal authority, a screwdriver, an ax and an electric barrier cutter for the purpose of committing a robbery crime.

He pleaded not guilty and was returned to court on February 6 of this year.

The accused's attorney asked the court that his client be released on bail, claiming that he had been arrested in April 2018 and that he had since been in custody.

He added that the police had had ample time to investigate this case but that she had failed and that the court was going to start her trial, she withdrew the previous charges and filed new charges against her client.

The court ordered the prosecution to file its witness statement so that the defense could file its answers.

Continuing, Chief Inspector of Police Victor Dosoo told the court that the plaintiffs were police stationed at the regional police headquarters in Accra, while Prince Effah was unemployed and residing in Agbogbloshie, in Accra.

According to information received by the Greater Accra Regional Police Command on April 20, 2018, he stated that a group of six armed robbers planned to participate in a robbery expedition. in Kasoa.

On the basis of this information, men from the regional intelligence team were sent to monitor and arrest the suspects.

He added that police had arrived at the Beyeeman cold store traffic light on Graphic Road and had spotted a Kia sedan whose registration number had been concealed. The police had identified it as a vehicle used for robbery.

According to the Chief Inspector of Police, Dosoo, the police have advanced to the vehicle and, in order to arrest the occupants, the suspect Richard Owusu Gyemfi, today deceased , came out of the vehicle with a locally made gun and attempted to shoot the police. him.

He said he was taken to the police hospital, where he was pronounced dead on his arrival.

The Prosecution stated that Prince in the vehicle was arrested and that during the search of the vehicle, a black bag belonging to the accused contained two "BB" cartridges, a screwdriver, an ax and a knife. electric fence.

The prosecution said that Prince was taken to the police station for investigation, while the body of the deceased was dropped off at the police hospital morgue for autopsy.

During his investigation, Prince acknowledged the offense and cited suspects Evans, Kotodwe, Junior, Agyenkwa and Bruce, all on the run as accomplices.

The prosecution said the suspect had also confessed to having committed a series of robberies around Kasoa and Obuasi, where the booty of these robberies had been sold to a Kwabena in Madina.

Chief Inspector of Police Dosoo said during investigations that a Nissan Almera taxi registered under registration numbers GW 6844-13 and a Toyota Yaris sedan No. GE 2801-17 had been recovered from the suspect Kwabena, but he managed to escape.