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General News on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-04-17
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A mobile currency exchange salesman who foiled two alleged thieves by offering them a bag stuffed with rags instead of a bag containing $ 60,000 worth of bullets received by bullet in the leg and back of the head in the pregnant at the Fiesta Royale Hotel in Dzorwulu, Accra.
The victim (undisclosed identity) was taken to the Accra Police Hospital by good Samaritans.
The Accra Regional Police Command launched a search on alleged thieves who blocked their motorcycle after shooting the victim.
What happened
Briefing the Daily Graphic, Effia Tenge, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Accra Regional Police Command Public Relations Officer, said the victim told the police that she had received a call from Thursday, April 11 2019. unknown caller who asked for $ 60,000 in exchange for Ghana cedis.
The victim, who claimed to be wary of the caller because he knew all his customers and also because the amount involved was huge, said that he had ignored the call.
The victim's decision to ignore the appellant was also due to the fact that the appellant had refused to reveal the origin of his contact.
The same caller followed with another call the next day, asking for the same amount.
Ms. Tenge stated that the victim then asked the appellant to meet him at the airport police station or at any other police station. The appellant had agreed to meet at the airport police station.
She added that the victim had arrived at the airport police station at the agreed time and that after a while, the caller did not show up, he had called the number who had called to ask for money.
The person who responded at the other end reportedly told the victim that he was staying at the Fiesta Royale Hotel and that the money was too large to be taken away.
shooting
He therefore asked the victim to meet him instead at the Fiesta Royale hotel, closer to his bank, where he would withdraw the equivalent in cedi.
When Ansah arrived at the Fiesta Royale Hotel and called the unknown number, the recipient asked the victim to briefly describe himself, including the color of the shirt he was wearing, to which the victim was obliged.
The victim stated that a man had approached him and identified himself as the one who called him. She suddenly pulled out a pistol and ordered the victim to hand him the bag he was carrying on his back.
When Ansah refused, the alleged thief fired shots indiscriminately.
The victim, who told the police that he was gripped by fear, said he had tried to rush into the hotel's reception area, but had been shot by the alleged thief.
After firing at Ansah, the alleged thief stole the bag that he thought was full of money and jumped on a waiting motorbike that sped at full speed.
Some police officers stationed at a junction located near the Fiesta Royale Hotel heard the shot and made sure that the victim was taken to the police hospital while she was pbading police. distress calls to the police control room.
Ms. Tenge stated that the victim, who had been admitted to the police hospital, had since been released.
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