Story: Della Russel Ocloo, Tema
THE Tema Police have arrested 11 suspected criminals at separate operations carried out in the metropolis.
Five of the suspects namely John Ampabilla, age 30, Abibu Ibrahim 24, Yaw Eric 26, Kubetesu Martin 22 and Afua Benewah 21 were arrested at about 1:45am Tuesday morning at the premises of Continental Trading Limited, a subsidiary of the Finatrade Group with 17 bags of sugar each weighing 50kilogrammes.
The driver of a KIA truck being used to cart the cargo and another accomplice however manage to escape.
Also arrested was Mohammed Siedu, an assailant who bolted away with gunshot wounds after a July 14th shootout with the police on the Accra-Tema Motorway. Three persons, namely Munkaila Yahaya, Issifu Musah and Charles Dikro were providing treatment for him at Ashaiman Zongo has 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 letterheads with accompanying documents found in their custody were 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 monitory unit and cash movement authorization certificate.
Others includes, VAT service certificate of exemption, Internal Revenue Service, a 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 letterhead.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, 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, 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. That according to ACP Gyening was a ploy by the two to dupe unsuspecting clients some of whom they have already taken monies from for the processing of a special identification pin to enable them access their winnings.
The two Nigerians according to the regional commander, admitted producing the documents in their caution statement after preliminary investigations carried out from the institutions revealed they were forged.
He said the 11 suspects would be put before court after investigations and cautioned the service would not relent to make life uncomfortable for persons who have decided to reap from where they have not sown.
ACP Gyening appeal to the general public to volunteer information on suspicious activities within their neighborhood as the police made strides towards the protection of citizenry.
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