POLICE NAB TWO ROBBERS (Page 47)

07/04/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two suspected robbers who allegedly used motorbikes to snatch bags and mobile phones from members of the public in broad daylight.
The two were arrested at Adabraka near the Roxy Cinema when they snatched a handbag belonging to a young lady.
Abdulai Amadu, 20, and Iliasu Sahadu were riding a Yamaha motorbike with registration number GR 3582 X at the time of the theft.
According to the Accra Regional Crime Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Boi-Bi-Boi, the police had received several reports from members of the public about the activities of the robbers.
He said they usually operated around Adabraka where they either knocked down or slapped their victims’ face, blinding them in the process, before snatching the bags, mobile phones or other valuables.
ACP Boi-Bi-Boi said luck, however, ran out on the two suspects last Friday when they attempted to snatch the bag from the young lady who was waiting to cross the road.
The Crime Officer said eyewitnesses rushed to the scene and managed to arrest them.
But for the timely intervention of a police motor rider, the two suspects would have been lynched by the angry mob.
Police investigations continue.