Suspected armed robbers numbering four on Tuesday evening attacked and seized an AK47 assault rifle with 15 rounds of ammunition from one Lance Corporal Evans Tutudor at Ampunyase, a village under Obuasi District in the Ashanti Region.
The miscreants also made away with a pick-up vehicle belonging to some illegal miners and a quantity of gold that was being transported, police confirmed to MyNews.
Though no injury was recorded, police investigators reveal that the policeman in question with service number No.46383 faces additional sanctions for engaging what the service described as unlawful escorting of illegal mining from their mining site to Amponyase.
According to checks by this portal, the duty was not sanctioned by superiors which led to the seizure of the service rifle with number 6792 with 15 rounds of ammunition from him
Source:MyNewsGh.com