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Police mounts search for
leader of gang of railway lines thieves
Bekwai (Ash), July 24, Ghanadot/GNA- The police have mounted
a man-hunt for one Benjamin Sey, also known as Paa Osei, who
is believed to be the leader of a gang of thieves who stole
railway lines worth about 11,000 dollars at Feyiase near
Bekwai in the Amansie East District of Ashanti, on July 19
this year.
The police are also after one Afriyie Grushie, a labourer
who is said to be an accomplice in the case, while six
persons have been arrested.
Superintendent Felix Kwasi Cosmos, Bekwai District Police
Commander told the Ghana News Agency at Bekwai on Wednesday,
that the two suspects managed to escape when the police
swooped on the gang on the day of the incident to effect
their arrest following a tip-off that they had stolen some
of the railway lines at Feyiase.
He said those arrested included Emmanuel Addo, 29, Akwasi
Owusu, 23, Mohammed Ismaili, 28, Karim Hassan, 26, Suleman
Hamza, 39 and Kwasi Grushie, 35.
Supt Cosmos said that after the police had arrested the
culprits they retrieved 46 pieces of railway lines, cut to
the length of about eight metres each and loaded in a KIA
truck.
He said the police would soon put the suspects before court
after investigations have been completed.
GNA
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