Two in police grip for snatching cars
Two suspected car snatchers, arrested by the Amasaman Police, are reported to have confessed to being behind the snatching of more than 20 vehicles within Accra.
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The two, Louis Ankomah, a 30-year-old trader, an ex-convict and a beneficiary of the Justice for all Programme, and Prince Amoako, a 23-year-old taxi driver, were arrested shortly after they had allegedly snatched a car from a taxi driver at Amasaman.
They are said to have driven the stolen vehicle to Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Central Region where they sold the vehicles for between GH¢900 and GH¢10,000.
The police have since retrieved 14 of the cars which have been parked at the Amasaman District Police Command, while six other cars have been identified but are yet to be retrieved.
The vehicles that have been retrieved include five Nissan Almeras, five Toyota Corollas, two Pontiac Vibes, a Nissan Sentra and a Kia Rio.
Suspects based in Techiman
Briefing journalists, the outgoing Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, said Ankomah and Amoako confessed to the crime during interrogation.
The two suspects, he said, “told the police that they came all the way from Techiman with the purpose of coming to snatch vehicles in Accra”.
He said about 10p.m. on November 17, 2015, Ankomah and Amoako hired a Nissan Almera taxicab with registration number GT 4241-15 from Osu to Afienya with the intention of snatching the vehicle from the driver.
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On reaching Afienya, he said, the two attacked and robbed the taxi driver of his vehicle and sped off.
The taxi driver, Mr Yohuno said, informed the Amasaman Police, leading to the arrest of the two at Pokuase APC, while they were heading towards Dunkwa with the stolen taxi.
He said Ankomah and Amoako then led the police to Dunkwa-on-Offin and identified two of the buyers of the stolen cars as Bernard Ofosu Appiah, 44, and Charles Bosie, 32.
The two suspected stolen car buyers have since been charged.
Install tracking devices
Mr Yohuno advised the public to be extra vigilant with the approach of the Christmas holidays, saying criminals were likely to take advantage of the euphoria to commit crime.
He urged the public to install car tracking devices in their vehicles as the devices had proved to be very effective in trailing and arresting hijackers.