A GROUP of armed robbers in the early hours of Monday raided the Excel and Star Oil Filling stations in Tema and made away with thousands of Ghana cedis and various items.
In a bizarre manner, the robbers also defecated indiscriminately on the premises of the Excel Filling Station before making away with their booty.
The incident occurred at the Steel Works Junction on the Tema-Aflao highway where the two stations are located.
At the Excel Filling Station, the robbers took away GH¢17,000, in addition to GH¢4,900 which was in a locked safe in the mart.
They also made away with mobile phones belonging to night workers on duty, credit cards, assorted canned drinks and other items on sale at the mini mart of the two filling stations.
In a similar fashion, they took away GH¢2,000 from the Star Filling Station after they had tied the workers with ropes.
The Tema Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Augustine Gyening, who confirmed the robberies, told the Daily Graphic that the police were yet to make any arrest.
He said the victims only called the police patrol team hours after the gunmen had left with their booty.
"We have, however, visited the scene and picked up some evidence to enable us to conduct further investigations into the incident," ACP Gyening explained.
Narrating the incident to the Daily Graphic, a 56-year-old security man (name withheld) who was on duty at the Excel Station said he was awaken by a rude noise about 12:30 a.m., after which a member of the gang pointed a gun to his head.
The robbers, who he said wielded guns and other dangerous implements, cut through the metal doors of the mart after they had successfully tied him and his colleagues with ropes.
The two operations, according to the security man, lasted two hours, with some members of the gang patrolling the premises, while others busily ransacked the shops.
He explained that they remained tied at different areas of the station, with no access to mobile phones, for which reason they could not call the police patrol teams.
Source: Della Russel Ocloo, Daily Graphic
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