TWO SUSPECTED CAR SNATCHERS GRABBED (BACK PAGE)

The Tema Police have arrested two men suspected to be those who stabbed a driver at Larteh in the Eastern Region last month and robbed him of his taxi.
The suspects, said to be residents of Adukrom in the Eastern Region, are Kwesi Adu, 23, and Yaw Anim, 25. They were arrested when they attempted to offer the taxi for sale to a military officer in mufti at Ashaiman.
The Tema Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Olivia Turkson, told the Daily Graphic that on July 23, 2008, at about 5 a.m. the suspects attacked the driver at Larteh, inflicted several knife wounds on him and snatched his Suzuki Esteem taxi, with registration number GS 3513 Y.
Inspector Turkson said the suspects were arrested at about 4.30 p.m that day, when the military officer at Ashaiman hinted the Tema Regional Crime Office about the suspicious attempt by the suspects to sell the car.
She said the military officer was advised to feign interest in the deal. The suspects were said to have priced the car at GH¢3000.
Inspector Turkson said when the suspects were arrested they denied having stolen the vehicle; rather, Kwesi Adu claimed that he bought the car from a trader called Yaw Adam, who shuttles between Koforidua and Lome at a cost of GH¢2,200.
She said later, the suspects changed their story and claimed that a friend whose name they did not give assisted them to register the car with another accident vehicle’s documents.
Inspector Turkson said during interrogations at about 7.30 p.m. on the same day of their arrest, policemen from Larteh arrived at the Tema Regional CID office and reported that the suspects had earlier attacked a driver and inflicted multiple knife wounds on him before robbing him of his car.
They reported that the victim of the robbery who was initially admitted to a hospital in Larteh had been referred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for further treatment due to the seriousness of his wounds.
In another incident, the police on patrol duties have arrested two suspects who were driving an unregistered green Fiat Tipo saloon car at Tema Community 1, Site 2, for concealing a quantity of wrapped substances suspected to be cocaine.
They are Alexander Igwe, 37, and Albert Ayanba, 23. A third suspect, however, escaped.
They have since been put before the Tema Circuit Court ‘A’ and charged for possessing narcotic drugs. They will reappear on August 28, 2008.
Another suspect, Charles Lawson, 35, was also arrested on July 27, 2008 at about 12.15 p.m. with a quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
The suspect claimed it was for his personal use but he could not give the name of the one who sold it to him.
He, however, disclosed that he bought it from a man who lived at Site 2 of Tema Community 1. He has also been processed for court.