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General News of Sunday, January 27, 2019
Source: Starrfmonline.com
2019-01-27
More than 30 vehicles were stopped by armed highway robbers
The timely intervention of the police on Saturday night thwarted an attack by a flight on the Akuapem-Mamfe road to Koforidua Road.
The highway thieves reportedly erected a huge roadblock with the help of a vehicle that they had hijacked. The incident occurred around 10 pm Saturday night.
More than 30 vehicles were stopped by armed highway bandits but an emergency phone call from a police officer who was aboard one of the vehicles led to the arrival A patrol team on the scene, forcing armed robbers to escape into the bush after detecting a danger. .
"It's my vital call that has saved more than 30 vehicles. They managed to use the first car to block the road after the driver noticed them and got out of his car. "
"We were lucky because we were going to bang our heads and everything, but he shouted at the armed robbers and it was at that point that the reverse started to work as if by magic," he said. said the policeman who wants to remain anonymous.
Many vehicles from Accra and Akuapem heading to the Koforidua area after hearing the incident parked their vehicle in Mamfe while waiting for the green light from the police, sources close to the site told Starr News.
Akuapem-Mamfe police investigate the incident.
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