POLICE , MILITARY TEAM ARRESTS SUSPECTED CRIMINALS ( Published Dec 5, 2007. Page 31)

Story: Rose Hayfron Darko, Tema

BARELY 24 hours after the arrest of some members of a suspected armed robbery gang, the Tema Police, in conjunction with a military patrol team, has swooped on some suspected criminals at separate locations at the Coastal Estates and Community 18 (Batsonaa), near Sakumono, and made arrests of seventeen persons.
Several incriminating equipment and materials, including four rubber stamps bearing the insignia of the Office of the President, the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Ghana and the International Commercial Bank, were retrieved.
Seven of the suspects who were arrested on Saturday in a rented house at the Coastal Estates were Vincent Dennis, 25, Gabriel Ojugo, 28, Franklin Anana, 29, Kingsley Osu Eto, 30, Aniekom Olumba, 31, Anthony Archibong, 29, and Patrick Archibong, 34.
Ten other suspects — Freeborn Mukore, 35, Agise Billy, 23, Johnson Yomi, 23, Blessing Sapilo, 34, Emmanuel Owos, 21, Kingsley Siprako, 25, Williams Uche, 37, Paul Adams, 23, Ezekiel Ufuoma, 32, and Sisan Oebaro, 30 — were also picked up from a rented house at Batsonaa on Sunday.
The Tema Regional Police Public Affairs Officer, Chief Inspector Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, said the Tema municipality had experienced a spate of robberies and other serious crimes which called for prompt attention.
He said the 17 were suspected to be involved in cyber/Internet fraud.
Chief Inspector Nketia-Yeboah said the police would continue with the swoops on the hideouts of criminals until the system was cleared of them.
He said the police retrieved a wireless GPRS modem and its memory, 10 mobiles phones, floppy diskettes, pen drives, fax machines, printers, laptop system units and some cash in dollars and cedis in the first swoop.
They also seized one Toyota Solara saloon car (GW 2826 W), a Lexus 50 saloon car (GS 254 Y) and a VW Jetta (GS 1491 Y) saloon car and a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
Chief Inspector Nketia-Yeboah said in the second swoop on Sunday at Batsonaa, the police retrieved 16 mobile phones, two Nigerian passports, two laptops and their accessories and two saloon cars — a Toyota Camry (GT 7162 T) and a Toyota Corolla (GR 753 Y).
He appealed to the public to provide information for the police or report anyone who would post a message to them with the promise of giving them big money.
Chief Inspector Nketia-Yeboah said the police were investigating further to break the syndicate involved in the cyber fraud business.