Man jailed 25 years over Kasoa-Winneba Highway robbery 

The Central East Regional Police Command yesterday,  Tuesday July 8, 2025 secured conviction of accused person Mohammed Bello aged 20.

The convict Mohammed Bello on July 6,2025 at about 12:30am, at Dabanyin near Gomoa Buduatta junction along the Kasoa-Winneba road together with four other accomplices currently on the run, robbed drivers and passengers of their belongings.

 Some items stolen included mobile phones and an unspecified amount of money.

Through a swift and intelligence-led police response, Mohammed Bello was arrested within the

vicinity while trying to escape. 

A search conducted on him led to the recovery of cash the sum of GH$3,740.00, two Samsung smartphones, one Tecno Spark 20, an ltel keypad phone, an Itel power

bank, a lady’s purse, five sticks of cigarettes, a wristwatch, a headset, and a mobile phone charger

head as well as a pair of sandals which was identified by one of the victims during investigations.

After thorough and painstaking investigations, he was arraigned before the Ofaakor Circuit Court yesterday, 

  July 8, 2025 where he pleaded guilty to the charges of robbery and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.

The Central East Regional Police command remains resolute in its commitment to ensuring the

safety and security of the public by bringing all accomplices of this crime to face the full rigors of the law.