The police have apprehended two individuals for robbery planning.

The suspects, Adams Kwame and Abubakari Sharif, as well as two others who are still on the run, were apprehended on Thursday, September 14 at the Tweapease Police checkpoint while attempting to flee from authorities during a regular stop-and-search operation.

They recovered a pump-action gun, two live BB rounds, two machetes, and a catapult.

Preliminary investigations have shown that the suspects had the exhibit goods in their possession while attempting to commit robbery.

They are presently in prison and will appear in court, while attempts are being made to apprehend the remaining two.

An Adentan Circuit Court sentenced two men to ten years in jail each for threatening a woman with a cutlass and robbing her of her GH650 mobile phone.

Stephen Kobi, a driver’s buddy, and Bernard Nyarko alias Bible pled guilty to robbery and conspiracy to commit a felony.

Kobi informed the court that once his commercial vehicle was taken away from him, he embarked on a robbery spree.

In Nyarko’s case, he argued that his acts were motivated by economic difficulties and that his fiancée was also pregnant, thus the court should forgive him.

Mrs Sedinam Awo Balokah presided over the court, which found that their answers supported their guilt and hence convicted them on that basis.

It condemned Kobi and Nyarko to five years in jail on conspiracy charges and ten years on robbery charges.

The judge ordered that the sentences be served concurrently.

The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, had previously requested that a deterrent term be imposed since the region had become a robbery hotspot.

The court ordered the Ghana Police Service to strengthen security in the region in order to reduce the spike in crime.

The complainant, Belinda Addae, is a housekeeper at the Bani Hostel at the University of Ghana, Legon, according to the prosecution.

According to the prosecutor, the two prisoners met and decided to commit a crime in Legon on July 25, 2023, at about 0730 hours.

Kobi and Nyarko then walked to a location outside the Presbyterian Boys High School’s main gate and hid in the bush, watching passersby pass by.

A serial mobile money (MoMo) fraudster operating in Kasoa and its surrounding regions in the Central Region has been granted bail by the Kasoa Akweley District Court, presided over by His Worship Stephen Ofori Akrasi.

The suspect is accused of receiving electronic payments fraudulently in contravention of Section 119 of the Electronic Transactions Act 2008, Act 772.

Multiple mobile money merchants in Kasoa Municipality have fallen prey to the techniques of Emmanuel Dawson, a 33-year-old cab driver from Opeikuma, a Kasoa neighbourhood.

Dawson’s method entails beginning a modest transaction with MoMo sellers and then asking for the contact information of the business owner while pretending to be interested in a larger deal.

He then duplicates the business owner’s WhatsApp display photo, establishes a new WhatsApp account using that image, and starts a discussion with himself, the unknowing vendor, and the vendor acting as the business owner.

Dawson uses this sophisticated strategy to persuade the merchant to transfer money to another MoMo account, from which he later withdraws money.

His arrest followed a week-long investigation by the police intelligence unit led by DSP Alex Obiri Yeboah after he conned a female seller of GH2,500.00.

Since the suspect’s arrest, other victims have come forward to testify against him, sparking a series of hearings at the Kasoa district police headquarters.

Despite the seriousness of the accusations, Dawson was granted bail in the amount of GH20,000.00 by the Kasoa Akweley District Court.

This bail is subject to two sureties, one of whom must have a verifiable landed property and be validated by a government worker earning no less than GH2,000.00 per month.

Dawson’s legal counsel, Michael Lartey, argued for bail on the grounds that he poses no flight risk and has a well-established and permanent place of abode.

Lartey further emphasised that bail is available for all offences.

The judge’s decision to grant bail recognises the economic consequences of MoMo fraud. The goal of bail is to preserve the rights of the suspect.

The refusal of bail may lead to unjustified suspicions of guilt, especially given the judge’s planned departure.

Akosua Okyere, a victim of this huge plan, stated that she was forced to repay the money seized by the fraudster because her supervisor demanded it.

“This guy defrauded me at a shop in Kasoa, and I’m still paying him back.” “His grand scheme is tricky, and anyone can fall victim to it,” Akosua Okyere remarked.

The matter will be heard again on November 6, 2023.