Residents of Nketepa a Farming Community in Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region have arrested a member of a highway robbery gang that attacked traders in the area on Saturday, September 26, 2020.
The robbers numbering four (4) attacked at gunpoint four vehicles transporting traders at Kweklu community along the Nketepa road at about 7:00am.
Immediate past Assembly Member for Nketepa, Yaw Bossu narrated that youth in the area mobilized and chased the armed robbers who fled into the bush and after an hour of the hot chase, one was arrested.
The suspect who mentioned his name as Abubakar Sadiq said they were four in number.
He has since been handed over to the Police after being mishandled by the mob.
Kwahu South, Kwahu Afram Plains North, and South districts are struggling to deal with the decades-old highway robbery menace in the area.
An operation by SWAT Police deployment in February this year led to the arrest of five of the suspects however their accomplices continue to terrorize commuters particular during market days.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
