Police Arrests Three Suspects For Stealing Medicines At Bolgatanga Hospital

The Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects for stealing boxes of medicine at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital.

Through an intelligence operation, personnel from the law enforcement body picked up Raymond Asoke, Noeyelle Bridget and Raheem Fasilat in relation to the crime.

Raymond Asoke, a driver at the regional hospital, was arrested on August 4, 2023, when he was monitored loading boxes of medicines from a certain unmarked house into a saloon car with registration No. GE 1532 -21.

A search in the car led to the retrieval of 12 boxes of various medicines.

The search was extended into the house, where 22 additional boxes containing various kinds of medicines were discovered and retrieved.

Further investigation led to the arrest of suspect Noeyelle Bridget, the assistant dispensary officer at the hospital’s pharmacy and suspect Raheem Fasilat, the regional storekeeper at the hospital,

According to the police, Raheem admitted to giving the boxes of medicines to the driver.

A press release issued by the police on Sunday, August 6, said all three suspects are currently in custody and will be put before the court to face justice.

Meanwhile, an investigation is ongoing to identify and arrest any other accomplices and to establish what the suspects do with the medicines stolen from the hospital.