Tamale: Kidnappers Charge a Victim Ghc80.000 - Police

The Deputy Northern Regional Police Commander, DCOP Atibilla Moses assured that the police is still investigating the case, and that, the suspects have since been arranged before the court.

Tamale: Kidnappers Charge a Victim Ghc80.000 - Police
DCOP Atibilla Moses

Northern Regional Police Command has revealed that some victims of kidnap are forced to pay ransoms before they are released.

The Deputy Northern Region Police Command, DCOP Atibilla Moses updating Soireenews on the arrest of three suspected Kidnapper's on 13th May 2021 in Tamale said some of the victims have identified the suspects.

According to him, a victim confined to the police that his family were forced to pay Ghc 80.00 before he was freed.

He assured that the police is still investigating the case, and that, the suspects have since been arranged before the court.

On 13th May 2021, the Police Northern Regional Command arrested three person's suspected to be Kidnappers after weeks of intelligence.

The arrested person includes Ussif Mohammed, 22, Sanda Mohammed, 23, and Mohammed Umar, 23.

Addressing Journalists after the arrest, the Regional Police Command revealed that the suspects were lodging in separate hotels in Tamale in preparation to move to Salaga, Makango, Bimbilla and Wulensi to attack and kidnap people for ransoms when Personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department raided those hotels.

Machete, one mobile phone and cash of Gh¢ 1,500, was found on Mohammed Umar, Ussif Mohammed had three mobile phones, cash of Gh¢1,800 and mobile money amount Gh¢ 5,239.

The police Command told Journalists that three phones and a number of Ghc2,561 were also found on Sanda Mohammed.


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