C/R: Three Nabbed For Killing Two Police Officers At Budumburam

Police in the Central Region have arrested three suspects for allegedly killing two police officers at Gomoa Budumburam.

According to the Police, the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) officers, Sergeant Michael Djamesi and Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal were conducting a motor check along the Kasoa to Budumburam stretch when they signalled an unregistered Toyota Corolla to stop.

Speaking to Citi News, the Central Regional Police PRO, DSP Irene Oppong, explained that the officers pursued the saloon car after it refused to stop adding that the occupants of the unregistered vehicles opened fire at the police personnel killing one in the process and injuring another officer.

The injured one according to the police subsequently passed away.

Police in a series of tweets stated that “the vehicle, an unregistered Toyota Camry has also been retrieved together with some relevant articles.”

The names of the suspects are yet to be made known by the police.

---citinewsroom