A police officer and two others have been robbed at gunpoint by armed robbers at at Sawla in the Sawla-Tuna Kalba district of the Savannah region.
The robbery incident reportedly occurred on February 19, 2021.
The victims Corporal Isaac Yanborigya of Wa in the UWR accompanied by two civilians namely Abdul Rahman Yakubu Ornatin and Abdul Shakura Isha on board Toyota RAV 4 with registration No. GR 5551-Y driven by the policeman called at the charge office at Sawla to report the incident.
According to reports, the victims were returning from Dormaa Ahenkro in the Bono region and on reaching the outskirts of Sawla, two armed robbers crossed them, pointed a gun at them and ordered them out of their vehicle.
The robbers however succeeded in robbing them of their money, phones and other valuables.
In the process, the robbers found an AK-47 rifle No. 156677 with 25 rounds of ammunition in the vehicle of the victims and bolted with it.
SOURCE: Gossips24.com
