Police grab two car snatchers
Two persons, who confessed to snatching eight vehicles in the Greater Accra metropolis, are in the grips of the Police.
They are Michael Boateng, a 28 year old trader and Kojo Enoch, a 25 year old unemployed.
Speaking to the media in Accra, the greater Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Rose Bio-Atinga, said Boateng and Enoch had led the police to retrieve four of the vehicles.
DCOP Atinga said on August 10, the Police received information on the activities of the suspects, hence dispatched a team of policemen in plain clothes to clamp down on their activities.
Following the information received, Michael was arrested at SCC on the Accra-Mallam Road while Enoch was arrested at his hideout at Akim Oda in the Eastern Region.
DCOP Atinga said during interrogation, the suspects disclosed to the Police that as at June this year, they had snatched eight vehicles from their owners.
She said the suspects assisted the Police to retrieve four of the vehicles including two unregistered Nissan Almera and KIA Sephia taxi cabs.
The rest are two KIA Rio taxi cabs with registration numbers AS 2019-11 and GE 5089-11.
DCOP Atinga said the Police were making efforts to retrieve the other four vehicles and added that the suspects would be put before court.
In another development, DCOP Atinga said the Police had arrested two persons, who had snatched a Rover taxi with Registration number GT8827-Z and were offering for sale at Ashiaman.
Narrating how they were arrested, DCOP Atinga said the Police had intelligence report that Kwesi Badu, a 31-year-old driver and Mohammed Mubarak, a 24-year old scrap dealer, were selling the car at Ashaiman, neat Tema.
DCOP Atinga said plain clothes policemen were dispatched to the area and they feigned interest in purchasing the car.
The suspects, DCOP Atinga said, agreed to sell the car at GH¢1,000 and informed the buyers who were policemen that the vehicle was located at Sege, near Ada.
They (suspects), therefore, gave the ignition key to policemen with the promise that they would meet at a spot to effect payment.
On August 16, DCOP Atinga said, when the policemen met at the said spot for payment to be done, the two suspects were rounded up.
DCOP Atinga indicated that the two suspects were released from remand at the Nsawam Prisons two months ago under the “Justice for All” programme.
In a related development, the police have arrested a suspected murderer of the manager of Lewis Gas Company.
Mohammed Collins a.k.a. Collitey, a 23-year-old unemployed, who allegedly robbed and shot the manager of Lewis Gas Company, Mr Lewis Kofi Kuma, at Madina Estate in September 2010, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Monday.
He pleaded not guilty to robbery and was remanded into prison custody to re-appear on September 6.
Police Chief Inspector Johnson K. Anim, prosecuting said on the night of September 9th last year, the deceased Mr Lewis Kofi Kuma Beddu, returned home at Madina Estate and wife welcomed him and collected his briefcase containing money collected from various sales points for the day.
He said while the couple were walking into their room, the accused suddenly jumped the fence wall into their compound and fired a warning shot.
The prosecution said because the warning shot was close to the couple, the wife shouted for help and this infuriated the accused, who rushed on them and in the process she threw the briefcase to the accused to prevent any further attack.
He said after the accused had picked the briefcase, he came nearer and at a close range shot the deceased in the head after that the accused jumped over the wall onto a waiting motorbike and sped off.
Chief Inspector Anim said the deceased was rushed to Legon hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
He said Police investigations led to the arrest of 11 suspected armed robbers and during an identification parade on August 19, this year, at the forecourt of the Greater Accra Regional Police Headquarters, the wife of the deceased identified the accused and after investigations he was charged with the offence.
Source: GNA