ASP Irene Oppong, Central
Regional Police Public Relations Officer who confirmed this to the Ghana News
Agency (GNA) said two of the suspects, Emmanuel Osei, 22 and Abdul Razak, 23
were grabbed hours after they had stolen the taxi with registration number GX
3027-17.
She said the other two were also
arrested by the Kasoa Police on Tuesday.
According to her on Saturday
January 13, the suspects boarded the victim’s taxi from the Winneba Roundabout
to Gomoa Potsin.
She said on reaching the Potsin
town, Emmanuel who was then seated at the front seat allegedly pulled machete
on the driver and forced him to drive to the outskirts of the town while his
accomplices then pushed him out of the car.
They then tied the victim with a
rope and gagged him with a handkerchief and absconded with the car.
ASP Oppong said same day at about
1300 hours, the Accra Central District Police Command received information that
a group of young men were offering a taxi cab for sale at Agblogbloshie.
She said Police officers were
deployed to the scene and feigned interest in the car through which the
suspects were arrested and upon interrogation confessed to the robbery.
They were handed over to the
Winneba Police where upon an identification parade, the victim identified
Emmanuel Osei as the one who sat in the front seat and pulled the machete on
him.
She said the four suspects will
be put before court.
GNA
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