Two car snatchers arrested

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15-07-08

THE Kasoa Police have arrested two persons for allegedly snatching a car from its owner after shooting him in the head at New Gbawe, a suburb of Accra.
The suspects are Albert Mbeah, 28, a sprayer, and Kwaku Amoah, aka Louis, 22, a driver.
The Kasoa Police District Crime Officer, Mr Maama Arhin, told the Daily Graphic that the suspects, accompanied by a third person, laid ambush in an uncompleted building near the residence of the victim, Mr Ruben Ofosu.
He said as soon as Mr Ofosu got to the gate of his house about 1.00 a.m., the suspects emerged from the building holding locally manufactured pistols.
He said they then attacked the victim and shot him in the head, after which they made away with his Hyundai vehicle containing GH¢500, a camera, three mobile phones and other personal effects.
Mr Arhin explained that the victim, who had become unconscious, was later rushed to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital by members of his household where he was revived.
"In the course of the day, we had reports that some people had stolen a vehicle and hidden it at Onyame, a village near Awutu Beraku in the Central Region," he said, adding that a team of policemen was sent to the village around 4.00 p.m. The vehicle was found but there was nobody in it.
A landlord in the village, he said, told the police that three persons had brought the vehicle there, with the excuse that it had developed a fault which needed to be repaired.
Mr Arhin explained that the police then laid ambush till about 8.30 p.m. when the suspects arrived in the village in a hired taxi. They went there with a gallon of petrol and the police pounced on them, leading to the arrest of two of the suspects.
He said the people of the village were able to identify the two.
He said when the victim was contacted, after he had reported the matter, he was able to identify the suspects.
Mr Arhin, who gave the name of the third suspect as Kobby, aka Wanyuu, said the two would be put before court today.