Suspected armed robber arrested

Page 3: Daily Graphic, April 7, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A suspected armed robber who has been on the police wanted list for the past eight months has finally been arrested.
The suspect, Mawuli Dogbe, 35, is said to have been a member of an armed robbery gang led by one George Aryeetey, who was arrested on July 22, 2009.
Also known as Shorti, the suspect was arrested at the Valco Flats Market, where he claimed he was waiting for a friend, on April 4, 2010.
Shorti reportedly told the police during interrogation that he had only gone on five robbery expeditions with Aryeetey.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, the Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Christian Tetteh Yahuno, said although the police arrested the kingpin of the robbery gang, it decided to continue to search for all the other members of the gang.
He said the police had been successful in arresting a number of gang members who were led by Aryeetey but explained that gang leaders often organised different groups for various operations.
He explained that the fight against armed robbery and other criminal activities was not limited to known members only.
ACP Yahuno said Shorti claimed that he had been on five different robbery expeditions with Aryeetey and other persons but could only remember the names of Stanley, Aryeetey and Emma, a Nigerian.
He said the suspect could only mention Adjiringano as one of the five areas they operated but could not list the others, with the excuse that he had not known Accra and its suburbs very well.