Murder and robbery suspect arrested
The police have arrested an armed robber and murder suspect at Adeiso in the Eastern Region after a video in which the suspect was seen brandishing a pistol went viral.
The suspect, Godstrong Tettey, was picked up on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
Described as “a dangerous armed robber and murder suspect”, police said Tettey has been on their wanted list for some time now on allegations of murder, car-snatching cases and violent land guard activities.
“Godstrong Tettey had become notorious when he was seen in a widely circulated video on social media, brandishing a pistol. Police intelligence led to his capture at Adeiso,” a notice from the police said.
As indicated a short while ago, below is the widely circulated video in which the dangerous armed robbery and murder Suspect, Godstrong Tettey( who Has been arrested) was brandishing a pistol. Please read more: https://t.co/FPo9FsjXVo pic.twitter.com/ZtVDSiOwX8
— Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) October 21, 2021
A search conducted at his location revealed two pump action guns, one locally manufactured pistol and one new foreign-manufactured pistol.
The police stated that the operation forms part of the Administrations’ resolve to weed out criminals from society, adding that such intelligence-led preventive policing and strategic operations will continue.
“We commend the public for the enhanced partnership in fighting crime and we urge anyone with any information on the crime to call the Police emergency numbers 191 and 18555, the police added.
There appears to be a surge in reported cases of armed robbery across the country, resulting in increased police visibility across the various communities.
Robbery cases on the rise
From January to the end of October 2019, the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) early warning system records captured 80 armed robbery cases in Ghana.
Fast forward to June 9, 2021, a man was shot in the stomach in a daylight robbery by two armed men at Pig Farm.
He was pronounced dead 24 hours after being treated at the 37 Military Hospital.
That same day, two armed men also broke into a forex bureau near Honeysuckle in Osu and made away with an undisclosed amount of money.
The culprits in these two incidents are currently at large.
On June 11, 2021, an unidentified man in an attempted robbery case attacked the driver of a Nissan Pathfinder with registration number GE-8088-11 on the GIMPA- Fiesta Royale road.
He threw a big stone at the vehicle, smashing its glass door and tried to escape into a nearby bush. But he was arrested by the police after the victim drew the Police’s attention.
On June 14, three armed robbers on a motorcycle trailed a Mon-Tran bullion van and robbed occupants of the cash in the van –two were left dead at Adedenkpo in Jamestown.