In case of reply the PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIT

number and date of this GHANA POLICE SERVICE

letter should be quote CENTRAL REGION
zMy Ref.No.CRHQ/PR/Vol.20/01 ………………CAPE COAST
My Ref. CRHQ/PR.1/Vol.1/20
My Ref.No.CRHQ/PR/Vol.20/01 …?..............22nd January, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

1. The Inspector-General of Police has announced a reward of ten thousand Ghana

cedis to any person who gives credible information leading to the arrest of
suspected armed robbers who shot and killed one police officer and wounded two
others in the early hours of Wednesday 22nd January, 2020 at Mankessim in the
Central Region. All the officers are stationed at the Mankessim Divisional Police
headquarters.

2. The incident occurred at about 0200 hours, when a Police Patrol Team responded
to a distress call from the ZEN Filling Station at Mankessim and upon arrival, the
robbers opened fire injuring two Police officers in the process.

3. However, at about 0430 hours of the same day, the body of the deceased Police
officer who was not on duty and was in civil clothing was found with gunshot
wounds at a distance of about 200 metres away from the robbery scene.

4. Investigation is ongoing to establish the facts of events leading to the death and
injury.

SGD
IRENE SERWAA OPPONG
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIT/CR