{"id":726326,"date":"2019-10-18T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/18\/car-snatching-gang-busted\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:42:59","slug":"car-snatching-gang-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/18\/car-snatching-gang-busted\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Snatching Gang Busted &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The suspects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eight persons including ex-convicts, believed to be part of a car-snatching syndicate and robberies in the Accra Metropolis, have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects are Emmanuel Amaning, 20, from Abirem in the Eastern<br \/>\nRegion; Frank Attah Kwame Agyekum, 22, Obo Kwahu; Evans Kwabena Nyarko, 21,<br \/>\nfrom Kwahu Abene; Kwesi Nkrumah aka obour, 38, from Anomabo; Charles Oduro 42,<br \/>\nfrom Dormaa Ahenkro, both ex-convicts; Alex Danso, who is the receiver of the<br \/>\nalleged stolen cars; Solomon Aidoo, 28, as well as Amid Haruna from Bawku in<br \/>\nthe Upper East Region.<\/p>\n<p>Another suspect, Kofi Adwoumor, is however, at large and the police<br \/>\nare on his heels.<\/p>\n<p>Four stolen cars have been retrieved from the suspects from various<br \/>\nlocations in Accra by the police.<\/p>\n<p>At a media briefing yesterday, the Accra Regional Commander, DCOP<br \/>\nFrederick Adu Anim, said on September 15, Amaning, Agyekum, Nyarko and Adwoumor,<br \/>\narmed with locally manufactured pistols, a machete and a dagger, were on robbery<br \/>\nspree at various locations within Accra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey attacked a victim in his house at Haatso and robbed him of one<br \/>\nHP laptop computer valued at GH\u00a21,800, two Samsung mobile phone valued at GH\u00a21,<br \/>\n100,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim shouted for help which attracted neighbours within the<br \/>\narea and when the suspects noticed the presence of the victim\u2019s neighbours,<br \/>\nthey took to their heels, but luck eluded Amanaing and he was arrested after a<br \/>\nhot chase,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said Agyekum and Nyarko again went to attack another victim at Nkawkaw,<br \/>\nand were arrested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Car snatchers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The regional commander told the media that on October 10, 2019, the<br \/>\ncommand received information that Nkrumah and Oduro, who are ex-convicts and were<br \/>\non Police Wanted List, were using a Toyota Corolla S car with fake registration<br \/>\nnumber GT 4041-16.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects snatched the vehicle from its owner and were offering<br \/>\nit for sale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice feigned interest in buying the car and when they were about<br \/>\nselling the vehicle to the men, they were arrested,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Accra Regional Police Commander narrated that upon their<br \/>\ninvestigation, the suspects mentioned Danso as the receiver of the stolen cars.<\/p>\n<p>He said the suspects went on to confess that 15 stolen cars had so<br \/>\nfar have been sold to Danso. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Toyota Corolla cars, one Hyundai Sonata and one Pajero, all<br \/>\nsuspected to have been robbed from victims, were retrieved from suspect Alex<br \/>\nDanso,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>On October 10, 2019, police again received information that a group<br \/>\nof armed robbers had snatched a Hyundai Grace bus with registration Number GR<br \/>\n4920-19 and were hiding it at \u00a0 Ablekuma Fan Milk.<\/p>\n<p>He said the police mounted surveillance until Aidoo and Haruna<br \/>\nsurfaced to work on the vehicle and were also arrested.<\/p>\n<p><strong> (lindatenyah@gmail.com) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suspects Eight persons including ex-convicts, believed to be part of a car-snatching syndicate and robberies in the Accra Metropolis, have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command. 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