The police officers and a civilian detained in connection with the recent robberies on bullion vans in Accra have been denied bail by the Accra Circuit Court 11.
This comes after the state prosecutor, Slyvester Asare, refused to grant bail to the lawyer for one of the defendants, Albert Ofosu.
Allowing such a criminal suspect back into society, according to the state prosecutor, would be dangerous.
Albert Ofosu, along with three other police officers and a civilian, were detained in connection with the recent robberies on bullion vans in Accra.
During Wednesday’s proceedings, it was revealed that Albert Ofosu and Affisu Yaro Ibrahim were charged with attempting to commit crime and robbery in North Kaneshie, while Richard Boadu, Razak Alhassan, and Rabiu Jambedu were charged with aiding and abetting crime and robbery.
The suspects must remain in police custody for further investigation, according to the court.
As a result, the case has been postponed until March 28, 2022.
The five were apprehended at their hideout on Tuesday during a police intelligence raid in Borteyman, near Ashaiman.
Their arrest is part of a special police investigation into recent bullion van robberies in the country.
“The police administration is determined not to provide any cover for any policeman involved in such acts and that we will continue to provide general security in the country”, DCOP Kwesi Ofori had earlier said.
Meanwhile, two police officers arrested earlier in connection with the inquiry are claimed to have perished in a shoot-out while leading the police to another hideout of criminals implicated in the crime.
Constable Reindolph Ansah and Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame were the officers killed.
“During the raid at Borteyman, near Ashaiman, there was an exchange of gunshots and two policemen, No. 58284 Constable Reindolph Ansah and No. 53549 Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame who had been arrested in connection with the Bullion Van Robberies, were shot and were pronounced dead on arrival at the Police Hospital where they were rushed for treatment. Some other suspects believed to have sustained gunshot wounds managed to escape the scene”, the police said in an earlier statement.
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SOURCE: CITINEWS
