Some young men at Akatsi in the Volta region last Friday, November 5, 2021, angrily attacked a police station after one Etornam Avulekpor, a suspect, died in custody.
The angry young men, with stones and bottles in their hands and threatened to burn down the police station, in protest to the deceased who was arrested by the police the previous day, reports ghanaiantimes.com.gh.
The suspect was said to have had in his possession 64 wrappers of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana.
The police are also reported to have found a number of cellular phones in the possession of the suspect, which they believed to be stolen.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, who is the Public Affairs Officer of the Volta Regional Police Command, said that the suspect had fallen ill while in custody and then rushed to the Hoggar Clinic in Akatsi for medical attention.
She continued that after the clinic could not handle his case, he was transferred to the Ho Teaching Hospital.
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