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The Accra Circuit Court attempting six folks accused of being concerned withinside the bullion Van theft has ordered that the case docket ought to be forwarded to the Attorney General (AG) for advice.
This is to facilitate the trial else, the case might be struck out, Mrs Patricia Amponsah, the choose stated.
The Court in adjourning the case, stated prosecution had didn't follow the court's orders and for the reason that AG become mandated to prosecute it need to be allowed to provide its advice.
She consequently adjourned it to August 8, 2022, including that if the AG additionally slacked, the accused folks might be discharged.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sylvester Asare had in advance informed the Court that General Constables Yaro Afisu Ibrahim, Albert Fosu, Richard Boadu, Rabiu Jambedu and Nelson Tettey are recruit associates and pals even as Zakaria is a motor mechanic.
In 2021, Police recorded a sequence of bullion trucks and avenue robberies withinside the Greater Accra area and set up surveillance, Prosecution stated.
On February 22, 2022, upon a tip-off that armed guys attacked a bullion van with registration wide variety GN 424-14 at North Kaneshie, research all started which caused the arrest of Constable Reindolph Gyimah Ansah alias Pablo and Lance Corporal Stephen Nyame [both deceased]. Further research caused the arrest of the accused folks.
He stated the Constables, consisting of the deceased officials after their primary education had been published to the National SWAT Unit, Police Headquarters, even as Tettey become published to the Rapid Deployment Force [RDF], Wa.
The Court heard that Yaro, Fosu, Rabiu and Tettey whilst published to their respective Units, underwent numerous tactical and specialised weapon education to equip them for the feature in their Units which covered escort and safety of Bullion Vans.
Further research had it that during February 2022, accused folks consisting of their deceased colleagues and people at big agreed, attacked and tried robbing Mon-Tran Ghana's Bullion Van with Registration wide variety GN 424-14.
They shot into the bullet evidence van with AK forty seven Rifles and used Royal motorbikes imagined to be Tettey's, which had been ridden via way of means of their accomplices at big. Boadu's obligation become to reveal the van and feed the group with information.
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