The police on Saturday, March 29, 2025, arrested Wonder Babanawo, a suspected robber who had been on their wanted list for a series of robberies within Ashaiman and parts of Tema.
His accomplice, Karim Fatao, was arrested on February 26, 2025, during one of their robbery expeditions, while Babanawo managed to escape.
A press release issued by the Police Public Affairs Directorate and copied to the Ghana News Agency stated that the Tema Regional Police Command arrested them for attacking and robbing a businessman that day at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region. "A search of the suspects led to the retrieval of the following items: a Ruger pistol loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition, 30 mobile phone covers, six SIM cards, a quantity of dried plant material suspected to be Indian hemp, one Samsung tablet, and three copies of land indentures," the statement said.
Suspect Fatao was put before the court on March 3, 2025, and remanded into police custody.
