The Ghana Police Service has arrested two phone repairers for illegally tampering with mobile phone devices belonging to a credit sales company at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region.

The suspects, identified as Machiavelli Arthur and Gideon Ebenezer were arrested on June 19.

Preliminary investigations by the police reveal that the suspects were using laptops and other devices to unlock, bypass, and flash mobile phones that had been sold on credit.

This enabled customers who defaulted on payments to continue using the phones without settling their debts.

According to the police, the suspects admitted to using specialized software on their laptops to carry out the illegal activities.

Exhibits retrieved include laptops and other electronic devices used for unlocking and flashing the phones.

The suspects are currently in police custody assisting investigations and will be put before court.

In an unrelated event, the Central North Regional Police Command have arrested three suspects for robbery at Ntow-Krom near Sekyem in the Central Region.

The suspects were arrested onJune 25, following intelligence received that three unidentified young men had attacked a gold dealer at Sekyem, fired shots at him, assaulted him and fled the scene on a motorbike.

A swift response from both the Assin Foso Division and the Assin Foso District Police led to the arrest of the suspects at a snap checkpoint at Assin Nyankumase.

During the arrest, the suspects attempted to dispose of the firearm used in the robbery by throwing it into a nearby bush.

However, a search of the area led to the retrieval of a pump-action gun and a spent cartridge and a machete. One other pump-action gun was also retrieved from the robbers.

The victim was sent to the hospital for medical attention.

The three suspects are currently in police custody assisting investigations and will be put before the court.