The police, through an intelligence operation, have arrested three individuals for stealing some boxes of medicine at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital.
The accused are Raymond Asoke, Noeyelle Bridget and Raheem Fasilat.
Raymond Asoke, a driver at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, was arrested on 4th August, 2023 when he was monitored loading boxes of medicines from a certain unmarked house into a saloon car with registration No. GE 1532 -21.
A search in the car led to the retrieval of 12 boxes of various medicines. The search was extended into the house, where 22 additional boxes containing various kinds of medicines were discovered and retrieved.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Noeyelle Bridget, the Assistant Dispensary Officer at the hospital’s pharmacy and Raheem Fasilat, the Regional store keeper at the Regional hospital who has admitted to giving the boxes of medicines to the driver.
All three suspects are currently in custody and will be put before the court to face justice.
Meanwhile, investigation is ongoing to identify and arrest any other accomplices as well as establish what the suspects did with the medicines stolen from the hospital.