Police arrest car-snatching syndicate member

Page 64: Daily Graphic, July 31, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Kintampo Police have arrested a welder at Kintampo after he had been named as a partner in car-snatching deals in Accra.
Kofi Baffour was arrested after his brother, George Kofi Adu, alias “My People”, had been arrested by some members of the public at the ABC Accra-Lagos Station at Kokomlemle in Accra on Wednesday.
Baffour is alleged to be the agent for snatched cars at Kintampo.
Adu was arrested when a passer-by, who saw two pistols in Adu’s pockets raised an alarm, which attracted other people.
When a police patrol team whisked him to the Accra Regional Police Headquarters, Adu confessed to having snatched four cars between April and May this year, together with his friend, whom he identified as German Owusu.
Adu confessed to usually getting their victims drunk before taking the vehicles away from them.
He was identified by two police officers as having been present during an identification parade at the Regional Police Headquarters last week.
He admitted to snatching four cars, two Nissan Primeras in Accra, including that of his friend, whom he named as Paa Kwesi, and two Tico taxis at Nkawkaw.
The Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, ACP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, told the Daily Graphic that the police had a distress call that an armed robber had been arrested at the ABC Accra-Lagos bus terminal.
He said a police patrol team rushed to the scene where it rescued Adu from the mob and also managed to foil an attempt by some motorbike riders to whisk Adu away.
ACP Yohuno said during interrogation, Adu mentioned his friend, Owusu, who is a tyler, as his accomplice and claimed that they sold each of the Nissan Primeras for GH¢3,200, while the Tico cars were sold at GH¢2,500 each.