Four arrested for car snatching

The four suspects, Frank Ofosu, alias Kwaku, 20, driver; Kwame Adu, alias Bennard Frimpong, 26, driver; Kwabena Mensah, 33, driver and Ernest Kofi Oduro, 24, a driver’s mate, are currently in custody pending their prosecution.

All the suspects were asleep at the time of their arrest around 2:30 p.m. on December 27, 2013, at their hideout at Adakodji, a surburb of Ashaiman.

A pistol, a live AAA cartridge, a screw driver and testers were retrieved from their room.

Briefing the Daily Graphic on the arrest, the Ashaiman Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent of Police Mr David Eklu, said the police had a tip off that a taxi believed to have been snatched from its owner was being resprayed at an auto shop at Adjei-Kojo, a surburb of Ashaiman.

He said when the police proceeded to the workshop, the auto sprayer mentioned Daniel Gyampo as the person who brought the vehicle to be resprayed.

According to Mr Eklu, when Gyampo was arrested, he led the police to arrest the four suspects.