The Twifo Atti-Morkwa District Police Command in the Central Region has arrested two teenage girls over a gold theft that occurred on 29th January 2025 at Twifo Praso.
The two suspects were arrested on Sunday, 16thFebruary, 2025 at Anomabo following police intelligence.
According to Superintendent Charles Addei Boateng who made the disclosure, the suspects were seen in a CCTV footage entering into a gold dealership shop at Twifo Praso and believed to have bolted with an amount of GHC41,000 and an unspecified quantity of gold.
Police investigations following an official complaint by the shop’s owner, Gifty Owusu, established that the two teenagers were hiding in Anomabo also in the Central Region, where they were arrested.
The shop owner, following the arrest, has urged “police to ensure justice and more particularly help in retrieving the gold and the money stolen by the suspects”.
A CCTV footage that captured the two suspects went viral in January after the said amount and a quantity of gold went missing after their intrusion into the shop at a time the attendant was believed to have stepped outside.
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