A Police Officer has been arrested for allegedly robbing and killing a Taxi driver in Central Regional capital Cape Coast.

30-year-old Lance Corporal Bright Akonsah who is with the Regional CID and attached to the Formed Police Unit is said to have led two other accomplices to rob the taxi, kill the driver and attempted to sell the car.

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In a related development, a Police officer in North East Region has been interdicted by the Police Administration.

This comes after inspector Felix Beckley was arrested for assisting a robbery suspect to acquire an illegal firearm.

Preliminary investigation into the case showed that the inspector used his position as a police officer to facilitate the licensing of a pump-action gun found in the possession of the robbery suspect Adam Musah, while the gun was still in the custody of the police.

The Ghana Police Service has warned it's personnel that they will not be shield should they commit criminal acts.