The Accra Regional Police have confirmed the arrest of one suspect in connection with a daylight robbery at Royal Motors at the North Industrial Area last Tuesday.
The suspect was apprehended by the police at a hide-out at Ashalaja a suburb of Accra.
Addressing a presser today March 2, 2018, the Regional Commander DCOP George Alex Mensah said two armed robbery suspects on the police most wanted list have been gunned down in a shoot-out at an undisclosed location.
The two, Raymond and Kwame alias Mafia, were wanted for crimes at a filling station at Agbogba and some break-ins at Forex Bureaus at Spintex.
Raymond alias Dragon is also suspected to have participated in the Kwabenya police station attack that freed seven inmates.
Dragon has also been linked to robberies at Oyibi where 16 robberies have been recorded in a month.
According to DCOP George Mensah, one police officer sustained a gunshot wound in his palm. His men fought back and killed the two.
"I am not ready to lose any of my men" he defended the application of lethal, fatal force.
He also said two suspects have been arrested in Accra after they snatched cars in Kumasi in the Ashanti region.Â