Two bank robbers identified in police parade
Accra (Greater Accra) 25 Feb 2000
Two men suspected to have been involved in an armed robbery at the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) in Tema in December last year have been arrested during an identification parade at the Police Headquarters in Accra on Thursday.
Frank Amegadzi, a 25 year-old native of Agbozume in the Volta Region and Baba Seidu, aged 45 from Salaga in the Northern Region, were identified.
The gang made off with 73 million cedis in a trunk during the early morning robbery.
Following a dawn operation by the Tema Regional Police Command with military personnel, 21 suspects were arrested including two women from sites one and 20 of Tema Community one, Lashibi, Alajo and Kwashiman.
The two suspects were identified by staff of the Tema community One Agency of the ADB as members of the armed gang that raided the bank on 10 December last year.
According to the Tema Regional Crime officer, Superintendent Daniel Tetteh Angmor, the parade forms part of the police's efforts to solve the recent spate of robberies in the country.
Supt. Angmor said the suspects would be face trial while the rest would be screened and either discharged or detained depending on the outcome of the screening.
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