Two car snatchers arrested

Page 30: The Mirror, May 5, 2012. By Albert K. Salia TWO persons who allegedly snatched a taxi at Amasaman near Accra a fortnight ago and sent it to Kumasi to sell have been arrested. Emmanuel Asanboh alias Asamoah, 20, and Michael Donkor, 31, were arrested by the Sofoline police in Kumasi upon a tip-off. Asanboh, Asamoah and the taxi they snatched have since been brought back to Accra. Efforts are being made to trace the driver of the taxi whom the suspects claim they hit with an empty beer bottle after which they dumped him by the road side. Briefing newsmen in Accra last Saturday, April 28, 2012, the Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, said Asanbo and Asamoah claimed that they hired the car from the Aphrodisiac Night Club area at dawn on April 27, 2012, to Amasaman. The driver, he said, allegedly charged a fee of GH¢24. While on their way, Mr Yohuno said, Asanboh, also known as Ziggy, bought a bottle of beer at Domi before they continued the journey to Amasaman. According to him, Asanboh was alleged to have asked the driver to pull up to enable him (Asanboh) answer to nature's call. He said just when the driver did, Asanboh started hitting him with the beer bottle after Asamoah had allegedly pointed a toy pistol at the driver. Mr Yohuno said Asanboh and Asamoah then allegedly dumped the driver by the road side after injuring him, drove the car to the Suame Magazine in Kumasi for sale. Upon reaching the Suame Magazine, Asanboh and Asamoah, he said, were allegedly advised to take the car to the road side mechanics for sale. Mr Yohuno said the Sofoline police were then hinted by some of the mechanics in Kumasi that they suspected that the car being offered for sale was a stolen one since there were no documents covering it. He said when the police in Kumasi moved to arrest them, Asanboh and Asamoah allegedly confessed to have snatched the car in Accra and had brought it to Kumasi to sell.