A Popular business man in Takoradi known as Dan To Be together with anther accomplice have been arrested by the police in the western Region for robbing a mining company at Bogoso in the Prestea Huni Valley District.
A Police statement on the official Facebook page of the Ghana Police Service indicates that Daniel Ofori popularly known as Dan To was apprehended whilst waiting for his gang to return with the bounty in his Toyota Hilux pickup with registration No. GN 3020-17.
“The Police, on 6th September 2023, arrested two robbery suspects for attacking a mining company at Bogoso in the Western Region.
The suspects, Derrick Kwabena and Daniel Ofori alias Denotobe, in the company of six others currently on the run, attacked the mining company and some Police Officers on duty at the site. The Police responded and succeeded in arresting Derrick Kwabena on the spot while the other accomplices escaped.
“Further investigation led to the arrest of suspect Daniel Ofori, who was in a waiting Toyota Hilux pickup vehicle for the rest of the suspects and the booty.
Items retrieved from the suspects include a quantity of gold concentrate in a fertilizer sack, one pistol, one cutlass, five BB cartridges, one Toyota Hilux pickup with registration No. GN 3020-17, and some talisman.
The two suspects are in lawful custody while efforts are underway to arrest the remaining suspects to face justice”. The statement indicated.