THE Police at Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region have arrested three suspected armed robbers for snatching two motorbikes, mobile phones and other valuable items from their victims.
Those arrested are Samson Bawa, Duut Jekper and Kombien Kantam.
They are believed to be between the ages of 26 and 30 and are suspected to be members of a gang of robbers trained by a notorious jail-breaker, Johnson Soloma Kombien, and believed to be responsible for most of the robbery incidents in the area.
The acting Northern Regional Crime Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Stephen Tetteh, told the Daily Graphic in Tamale that the victims of the robbery were returning from Sankase in the Upper East Region to Nankpanduri when they were attacked by four men armed with G3 rifles and locally manufactured pistols.
The robbers snatched two motorbikes, Video Compact Disc (VCD) players and mobile phones belonging to the victims.
ASP Tetteh said fortunately the robbers did not take along the remote controls meant for the motorbikes.
He said when the victims got to their destination, they decided to use the remote controls within Nankpanduri to trace the motorbikes.
He said the motorbikes responded to the remote gadgets in Kombien’s room, from where the victims could hear the responses.
He stated that the victims reported the matter to the police but before the team got to the scene, the gang had allegedly taken the motorbikes to another location for hiding.
ASP Tetteh said when the police conducted a search in Kombien’s room they found a locally manufactured gun and a bayonet and subsequently arrested him.
In the evening, he said, upon a tip-off, the police went in search of the remaining two suspects and arrested them. The stolen items were retrieved from them.
Meanwhile, the suspects have been brought to the Tamale office of the Regional Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to assist the police in investigations.
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