The Tesano Divisional Police Command has arrested two soldiers and their civilian accomplices believed to be members of a robbery syndicate terrorising customers who visit banks within Abeka Lapaz.
The suspects are Lance Corporal Obeng Darko aka Stylish, 29, and Lance Corporal Dasmani Faisal, 27, serving at 49 Engineer Training School and 48 Engineer Regiment respectively while Christopher Quainoo, 27, and Isaac Larbi, 25, are unemployed civilians.
They are currently in the custody of the Tesano Police assisting in investigations.
Briefing the media, Chief Superintendent Francis Aboagye Nyarko, the Divisional Commander together with Chief Superintendent, Lydia Yaako Donkor, the District Commander, said of late police had been receiving series of complaints from the banks located at Abeka Lapaz that customers who used their facility were always attacked and their monies taken from them.
This made police intensify their intelligence on persons who moved in and out of the bank.
On May 18, 2013, police spotted suspect Isaac Larbi, who had earlier visited the bank and made phone calls while observing the movements of customers having huge sums of money on them.
Police became suspicious, and arrested the suspect for questioning.
Using him as bait, the last number dialled on his mobile phone was called and when the person picked the call, he was asked to come over since everything was ready.
Within some minutes, suspects Lance Corporals Obeng and Dasmani came in a taxi together with Christopher.
They were immediately whisked away to the station for questioning by the police.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the two soldiers and the civilian came to the bank to do their nefarious activities.
They later confessed robbing people that they suspected possessing huge sums of money, leaving the bank. They, however, pleaded for mercy since that was their fourth time.
According to the suspects, they only had GH¢350 from their first victim and out of the money, Isaac was given GH¢50 as his share of the booty.
With the second and third robberies, suspect Isaac had GH¢50 and GH¢70 as his share but refused to mention the amount they took from the second and third victims.
The two soldiers were later linked to the abduction of a 25-year-old staff of the same bank, who was taken away by soldiers and a civilian on May 11, 2013.
According to the police, the soldiers on their way, searched the victim for money and since they found none, they pushed the victim out of the car upon reaching Apenkwa, near Achimota, and bolted.
A report was later lodged with the station for investigations.
The four suspects would be sent to court while police continued with their investigations.
Meanwhile, Chief Superintendent Nyarko has urged individuals who might have fallen victims at the hands of the suspects to report at the Tesano Police Station.
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