A telephone tracker leads to the bust of three armed robbers

Crime & Punishment of Friday, February 8, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-02-08

An Accra circuit court on Thursday sentenced three thieves sentenced to twenty years in prison with the help of a telephone tracker, each of them being punished by forced labor for two counts. Charge of conspiracy and robbery.

The sentences must be executed simultaneously for each charge.

The phone contained among other things stolen from the applicant and his family at the Soldier bar near Madina, Accra.

Richard Larbi, 24, aka "El-Chapo", Joseph Avorgah, 22, aka "Weezy" and Stanley Kwabena, 23, aka David, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft.

Prosecuting in court, Chief Inspector of Police Victor Dosoo told the Court presided over by Ms. Afia Agbanu that Larbi was a trader, while Avorgah was unemployed and that Kwabena was a disciple. jockey.

He told Wilson Awu, the complainant, is a businessman who lives in convicts in Accra.

Chief Inspector Dosoo testified that on June 28, 2018, around 5 pm, the three thieves invaded Awu's home and stole a cell phone worth GH ¢ 2,500.00 and another cell phone. worth 300.00 GH.

He added that the thieves had, among other things, taken articles like a 100 ¢ GH5 for a P5-3, 150,00 GHPS for an MPS reader, a tablet for 800,00 GH €, a Vision mobile phone for 600,00 GH €, a Boutel phone for 400,00 GH €, The Itel tablet has a value of GH ¢ 800,00, a 500 ¢ camera, three wristwatches worth 360 ¢, a connection Wi-Fi busy € 400.00, a Wi-Fi Surfline worth 400.00 GH and seven pen orders worth 300.00 GH ¢.

Chief Inspector Dosoo named the rest of the items as a Vodafone modem worth 150 ¢ GH ¢, a HTC cellphone worth 300.00 GH, a cell phone Battle worth 300 ¢ GH, badorted scents worth 500.00 GH, and a laptop worth 2,000 GH +. , a travel bag worth 200 ¢ GH ¢, two binders worth 300 ¢ GH, three alliances worth 2,000.00 GH and a sum of 3,000 , 00 GH.

The prosecution said that a report had been presented to the police and that, following the instructions of the tracker on one of the phones, the police had been driving to Madina's Soldier Bar, where the three thieves had been identified by the complainant and arrested.

The prosecution said that a search on them had revealed a blue-black bag containing some of the stolen property.