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[ 2016-08-23 ] 
2 cops, 4 civilians arrested for stealing cars
Two police officers of the Accra Police Regional
Bravo SWAT Unit and four other civilians have been
busted for their involvement in a series of car
snatching operations.
The suspects are General Corporal Bismarck Ntim,
32 years; Lance Corporal Francis Opoku Gyau, 29;
Michael Adjei Donkor, 36; and Nana Ntim Gyakari,
28.
The rest are George Eshun, 29; and Urey Harris
Koufi, 32. However, Erasmus Adama Nketia, a member
of the syndicate, is on the run.
The Accra Regional Police Commander, ACP Timothy
Yosa Bonga, stated that on July 15 at about
4:30pm, Michael hired the services of a K1A
Picanto cab with registration number GW 7087-15
from Argonne Swedru to Accra.
The driver, who is the victim in the case, claimed
he charged Michael GHC180, which he agreed to
pay.
According to him, upon reaching Accra at 8:30pm,
Michael instructed the driver to drive him to the
Cocoa Clinic at Kaneshie for his boss to pay the
fare.
When they got to the place, Bismarck, Francis and
Erasmus Adama Nketia, who has been tipped to be
an official of the Bureau of National
Investigations- (BNI) and the alleged boss,
arrived in a private Nissan Almera vehicle with an
unregistered number plate to meet Michael and the
taxi driver.
At Cocoa Clinic, Michael, Erasmus and the driver
were engaged in an argument over the fare, which
Michael had earlier on agreed to.
During the confrontation, they ordered Michael and
the driver to join their Nissan Almera car,
leaving the taxi behind.
Immediately they drove off, the two policemen
compelled the taxi driver to lie down in the back
seat of the car and sat on him.
They seized his mobile phone, car key and
handcuffed him and Michael. They proceeded to
charge both the taxi driver and Michael with an
undisclosed offence.
On their way to supposedly book them for the
unknown offence, the two police officers accused
Michael of being a criminal and the taxi driver
his accomplice.
In his defence, Michael told the two police
officers that the taxi driver was innocent, so
Erasmus should pay him and allow him to go.
They then took a detour to Awudome roundabout,
where they withdrew an amount of GHC600 from an
MTN vendor under the pretext of paying the taxi
driver but they refused to pay him.
Michael and Erasmus then alighted from the
Nissan Almera and hurried to the spot where the
victim’s car was parked and drove off.
The driver was eventually released by Francis and
Bismarck after they had received confirmation from
their accomplices that they had the car in their
possession.
The victim managed to locate Cocoa Clinic with the
help of a Good Samaritan, but his cab was
nowhere to be found.
A report was immediately made to the Kaneshie
Police.
However, on August 2 the suspects, through the
same method, succeeded in snatching another taxi
at North Industrial Area.
Through Police Intelligence, Michael, Bismarck
and Francis were picked by the police.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Nana.
Source - The Finder
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