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Police nab suspected taxi thieves
Tema, Aug 1,
Ghanadot/GNA - The Tema Regional Police Criminal
Investigations Department has handed over to the Larteh
Police two persons suspected to have stolen a taxicab at
Larteh and attempted to sell it in Ashaiman.
The two, Kwasi Adu, a 23-year-old driver and Yaw Anim, a
25-year-old carpenter, were arrested by soldiers who feigned
interest in buying the Suzuki Esteem Taxi cab with
registration number GS 3513 Y for GH¢3,000.
Adu and Anim, both residents of Adukrom, attacked the driver
of the cab, inflicting multiple knife wounds on him and
robbed him of the car in the early hours of July 23, police
said.
The Tema Police Public Affairs Officer, Inspector Olivia
Turkson, told the Ghana News Agency on Friday that a brother
of one of soldiers informed them of the suspicious manner
the two were offering the car for sale at Ashaiman at about
1630 hours same day.
She said upon interrogation by the police, Adu vehemently
denied stealing the vehicle, stating that he bought the
unregistered car from Yaw Adam, a trader who operates
between Koforidua and Lome, Togo, at the cost of GH¢2,200.
Inspector Turkson said at about 1930 hours the same day,
Police personnel from Larteh informed the Regional CID that
two suspects attacked a taxi driver at about 0500 hours in
Larteh and robbed him of the car.
GNA
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