From Della Russel Ocloo, Tema
THE Tema Police have arrested 11 suspected criminals in separate operations carried out in the metropolis.
Five of the suspects, John Ampabilla, 30; Abibu Ibrahim, 24; Yaw Eric, 26; Kubetesu Martin, 22 and Afua Benewah, 21, were arrested at about 1:45a.m. on Tuesday morning on the premises of the Continental Trading Limited, a subsidiary of the Finatrade Group. They had in their possession 17 bags of sugar, each weighing 50 kilograms. The driver of a KIA truck which was being used to cart the cargo and another accomplice, however, managed to escape.
Also arrested was Mohammed Siedu, an assailant, who bolted away with gunshot wounds after a July 14 shoot-out with the police on the Accra-Tema Motorway. Three persons, Munkaila Yahaya, Issifu Musah and Charles Dikro, who were treating the wounds on the suspect at Ashaiman Zongo have also been arrested to assist the police in investigations.
Two other suspects of Nigerian nationality, Maxwell King Chizoguzi, 30 and Onuha Otisi, 35, who were arrested at Lashibi, a suburb of Tema, had in their possession two laptop computers on which several letter heads belonging to different government institutions were found.
The over 20 letter heads with accompanying documents found in their custody included those of the Republic of Ghana Company Registration Act, Bank of Ghana Treasury Department and unit letter heads, Ministry of Mines, Ministry of Finance payment schedule, MOFEP monitoring unit and cash movement authorisation certificate.
Others included VAT Service Certificate of Exemption, Internal Revenue Service, Parliamentary identity cards, National Security monitoring unit, a letter purported to have been signed by the Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffour, to the Controller and Accountant General, among others. Also found in their possession was an Office of the President letter head.
Briefing The Mirror, the Tema Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Augustine Gyening, said his outfit had a complaint from Vodafone Ghana Limited of the activities of the two Nigerians who were running a false promotion using a telephone number 0303- 403189 belonging to the network.
According to him, the suspects sent out several messages to unsuspecting customers informing them of winning a lottery out of a random selection by the network to reward its loyal clientele.
This, according to ACP Gyening, was a ploy by the two to dupe unsuspecting clients, some of whom they have already taken money from for the processing of a special identification pin to enable them access their winnings.
The two Nigerians, according to the commander, admitted producing the documents in their caution statement, after preliminary investigations carried out in the institutions revealed they were forged.
He said the 11 suspects would be put before court after investigations adding that the service would not relent to make life uncomfortable for persons who have decided to reap from where they have not sown.
ACP Gyening appealed to the general public to volunteer information on suspicious characters within their neighbourhood as the police make strides towards the protection of the citizenry.
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