A student of Koforidua Technical University, KTU, Samuel Oduro Amoah alias Tattoo Guy, 23, and his cohabitating girlfriend Sakina Abubakar, 25, a hairdresser will be rearranged before the Koforidua Circuit Court “B” on Thursday for displaying gun on social media and peddling marijuana.
On November 2, 2021, the Eastern Regional Police Command intercepted pictures and videos on social media in which suspect Samuel Oduro Amoah was displaying a weapon in public without authority causing fear to the public.
The Regional Police Intelligent Department started the investigation by trailing the suspect until they zoomed in on his residence at Monrovia, a suburb of Koforidua.
Further investigations by Police revealed the suspect is also a narcotics drug peddler.
On December 30, 2021, at about midday, ASP Martin Bawuah Dokyi in charge of four armed police officers besieged the suspect’s residence to arrest him.
However, the suspect and his girlfriend resisted the arrest for about an hour before the police were able to gain access to the room and arrest them.
During the standoff, the girlfriend of the suspect attempted to dispose off some substance in a transparent polythene bag through the back window but rescinded after seeing an armed police officer standing close to the window.
Police finally gained ingress into the room which the two suspects were arrested. A search conducted in the room in the presence of a tenant who is a witness, retrieved a black MingXing Plastic pistol with No.P998 together with the said transparent polythene bag containing dried plant leaves suspected to be Marijuana, two cigarette lighters, and a matchbox.
The suspects were charged and put before court on December 31st but the Prosecuting Officer Chief Inspector Owusu Ababio prayed the court to remand the suspects for further investigation which was granted.
He said the substance was being sent to the laboratory for testing as well.
They will reappear before court tomorrow Thursday, January 6, 2022.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom. com/ Obed Ansah
