A former Community Policing Assistant (CPA), known by police as Theophilus, was apprehended in the early hours of Tuesday after attempting to cut power service cables on a pole in the village.
After sighting the suspected thief atop the pole, a young man on his way to work sounded the alarm. The alleged thief almost stabbed the young man with a knife, but his shouts drew the attention of a security guard, who assisted in apprehending him.
When OilCity Radio got on the scene, the young man had been assaulted and tied to the identical pole he had climbed to cut the cables.
Despite the fact that the suspect supplied his name as Acheampong Emmanuel, the police patrol squad that arrived instantly identified him and called him by his real name, Theophilus, before dragging him away.
Benjamin Appiah, Assemblyman for the Old Estate West electoral district, spoke to OilCity Radio about recent criminal activity in the area.
“Our main issue in our community is item theft. It has happened frequently, and when we capture them, we give them over to the police. We are attempting to safeguard the community. This morning, I was informed that another thief had been apprehended, beaten, and hung to a tree. We arrived and retrieved him, so I requested assistance from the cops. This is the fourth or fifth time a thief has come to steal here. We have three or four girls here who have been stabbed with knives by robbers who stole their phones. I don’t like it when thieves are apprehended and beaten by residents,” he explained.
Meanwhile, some residents in the neighbourhood who have had frightening encounters with thieves have urged the Ghana Police Service to increase patrols throughout the day and night.
“We are requesting that the police increase patrols here,” they urged.
OilCity Radio can also establish that two suspects detained last week Friday by the Nyamekrom Community watchdog committee after breaking into a residence in the region are receiving treatment at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua’s intensive care unit.
The two suspects, who are part of a gang that terrorises locals in the region on motorcycles, were apprehended by a community watchdog committee that had set up an ambush.
Nana Boaheng Enoch, the Assemblyman for Nyamekrom Electoral Area, who revealed that he has been targeted by criminals, said the watchdog group will go to any length to rid their community of criminals.
