A police officer detailed to anti-galamsey taskforce Operation Vanguard, Inspector Godwin Mensah, has been arrested for robbery at Memerewa Number One near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.

He was stationed at Agona Swedru.

According to a police report, the suspect and his colleague Lance Corporal, who is now at large, both dressed up in police uniform and armed with AK-47 assault rifles, went to the house of the victim, Mr Thomas Lee, and carried out the robbery.

They first arrested the victim for allegedly trading in gold without a licence, handcuffed him and subjected him to beatings.

The two cops then rummaged the victim’s home and stole a cash sum of GHS10,000.

Subsequently, they took the 38-year-old victim hostage and drove off with him in a waiting yellow and white Daewoo Matrix taxicab with registration number AC 9310 – 18.

Upon the distress call of the victim’s wife, the Obuasi Mile 9 patrol team gave the suspects a chase and later intercepted them but the driver and the lance corporal managed to escape.

A sum of GHS5,800 of the stolen money was retained from the arrested cop.

The police are on a manhunt for the two others.

Read the full police report below:

FROM DESUPOL/OBDIST

TO: C/SUPOL/OBDIV

INFOR: SUPOL/OBDIV

ORIGNO: OB/DCID.29/VOL. 37/150/2020(.)

B: ROBBERY: CONTRARY TO SECTION 149 OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCES ACT 1960(29)

C: MEMEREWA NUMBER ONE(1) NÈAR OBUASI (.)

D: 28/05/2020 AT 0830 HOURS(.)

E : ON 28/05/2020 AT 0830 HOURS, INSPECTOR GODWIN MENSAH STATIONED AT POLICE AGONA SWEDRU CURRENTLY WITH OPERATION VANGUARD FOB- OBUASI AND HIS COLLEAGUE LARNCE CORPORAL NOW AT LARGE ALL DRESSED IN POLICE UNIFORMS AND ARMED WITH AK 47 ASSAULT RIFLES EACH WENT TO VICTIM THOMAS LEE, AGED 38 AT MEMEREWA NUMBER ONE (1) NEAR OBUASI (.)

SUSPECTS ARRESTED THE VICTIM UNDER THE GUISE OF TRADING IN GOLD WITHOUT LICENSE AND SUBJECTED HIM TO BEATINGS WHILE IN HANDCUFFS (.)

THE TWO POLICEMEN SEARCHED THE VICTIM'S LIVING ROOM AND FORCIBLY TOOK HIS CASH THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND CEDIS THEN CONCEALED IN A BROWN ENVELOPE AND A BLACK POLYTHENE BAG RESPECTIVELY KEPT IN HIS TRAVELING BAG(.)

SUSPECTS TOOK HOSTAGE OF THE VICTIM AND ESCORTED HIM INTO A WAITING DAEWOO MATRIX TAXI CAB NO. AC9310- 18, COLOUR YELLOW AND WHITE AND SPED OFF TO OBUASI DIRECTION(.)

OBUASI MILE 9 POLICE PATROL TEAM LED BY NO. 36697 G/SGT. ISAAC BEKOE UPON A DISTRESS CALL RECEIVED FROM VICTIM'S WIFE MOVED SWIFTLY AND INTERCEPTED THE SAID TAXI CAB(.)

THE DRIVER IN CHARGE THE TAXI CAB AND THE SAID LARNCE CORPORAL MANAGED TO ESCAPE (.)

LUCK ELUDED THE SAID POLICE INSPECTOR AS HE WAS BUSTED (.) SERVICE RIFLE NO. KP- 2389922 WITH TWENTY-EIGHT (28) ROUNDS OF AMMUNITIONS RETRIEVED FROM THE ARRESTED SUSPECT TOGETHER WITH CASH THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED CEDIS BEING PART OF THE VICTIM'S MONEY(.)

EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECTS AT LARGE FOR INVESTIGATION (.)

F: EXHIBIT TO WIT " DAEWOO MATRIX TAXI CAB NO. AC9310- 18, SERVICE RIFLE NO. KP- 2389922 AND CASH THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED CEDIS RETAINED FOR INVESTIGATION (.)

G: INSPECTOR GODWIN MENSAH IN POLICE CUSTODY (.)

H: D/INSPECTOR JOSEPH BOAKYE DANQUAH OF DCID OBUASI IN CHARGE CASE ( TEL. 0245116677) (.)