Ishmael Atsitso Agboko, 34, has been detained by the Ofaakor District Police Command on suspicion of blinding his wife with acid last year in Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West District.
Since the event, the suspect had been on the Bawjiase Police’s radar.
On Thursday, August 25, the GNA received word that the suspect had been taken into custody by the Ofaakor Police following a tip.
The Ofaakor District Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Samuel Amfo, confirmed the arrest to the GNA, but said the case was under the jurisdiction of the Bawjiase Police command and was to be handed over to the Ofaakor Police for further prosecution.
The suspect was arrested after a chase by the Police when he failed to stop at a checkpoint at Oklu Nkwanta in the Awutu Senya East Municipality.
The Police during the chase shot the car tyres of the suspect, leading to his arrest.
Agboko allegedly committed the heinous crime on his wife, Ms Comfort Tawiah, last year after she threatened to divorce him.