{"id":273442,"date":"2011-01-11T12:05:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46187"},"modified":"2011-01-11T12:05:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T12:05:24","slug":"2-grabbed-for-robbing-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/11\/2-grabbed-for-robbing-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Grabbed For Robbing Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_46188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46188\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-46188\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/11\/2-grabbed-for-robbing-tourists\/nasiri_amadu_mohammed_iddrisu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46188\" title=\"nasiri_amadu_mohammed_iddrisu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/nasiri_amadu_mohammed_iddrisu-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2 Robbers<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nTWO YOUNG men in their early 20s, believed to be members of a robbery  gang of 7 specialized in robbing expatriate tourists in the Northern  region, have been busted by the Tamale Metropolitan Police Command.<br \/>\nThe police have also launched a manhunt for five other members of the  group believed to be natives, who are currently on the run, to assist  in investigations.<br \/>\nNasiri Amadu, a 22-year-old welder and unemployed Mohammed Iddrisu,  19, are currently in police custody and would be processed for court,  after thorough investigations into the matter, to face charges of  robbery.<br \/>\nAccording to police sources, the suspects had gained notoriety in  recent times for harassing white men within the city and robbing them of  their personal belongings including laptops and cameras.<br \/>\nSecurity sources told <em><strong>DAILY GUIDE<\/strong><\/em> that soon  after the yuletide, the seven were spotted loitering about near  Alhassan Hotel, a local guesthouse, around 7pm on January 2, 2011.<br \/>\nThey were reported to have pounced on one Rosa Bardes Font, a Spanish  tourist passing by. They subjected her to severe beatings and succeeded  in bolting with her two expensive cameras, a mobile phone and a cash of  GH\u00a2500.<br \/>\nSome good Samaritans who were close to the scene and managed to  identify some of the suspects volunteered information to the police, who  got to the scene and arrested the two.<br \/>\nThe suspects, in their caution statements, reportedly admitted to the  offence. One of the cameras was retrieved from them upon their arrest,  while a search has been mounted for the other five.<br \/>\nThe police used the opportunity to caution visitors in the region to  be careful of miscreants who pose as tourist assistants and later  succeed in robbing them.<br \/>\nThey expressed hope that with the arrest of the gang, such  humiliating acts would come to end for tourists to feel safe in the  region.<br \/>\nThe region is noted for its historic tourism potentials, reasons for  which at this time of the year, a number of tourists from all walks of  life are seen trooping there.<br \/>\nSome miscreants have also resorted to terrorizing these foreigners  and robbing them of their belongings but the police have promised to put  an end to this conduct.<br \/>\nAt the time of filing this reports, checks at the Tamale Teaching  Hospital revealed that the victim of the robbery attack had been treated  of the minor injuries she sustained and discharged.<br \/>\n<strong><em>From Stephen Zoure, Tamale<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWO YOUNG men in their early 20s, believed to be members of a robbery gang of 7 specialized in robbing expatriate tourists in the Northern region, have been busted by the Tamale Metropolitan Police Command. 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