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Mohammed Mustapha Haruna Mensah, an account clerk at a private mining company in Accra, is in the grips of the police after he allegedly bolted with GH�125,000 belonging to the company. Management of the company on 20th November 2014 gave the said amount to Mohammed, 32, to deposit it into the company�s bank account at Ridge together with the company�s driver. Upon reaching the bank, the suspect asked the driver to leave and that he would deposit the money and return to the office later. The driver left the bank�s premises after the suspect entered the banking hall. Thereafter, he came out of the banking hall and bolted. The Cantonments District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Iddi Seidu, whose outfit is holding the suspect, said after several hours, management decided to call him but he told them he was still at the bank after the close of business. Chief Supt. Seidu said Mohammed switched off his phone and failed to return to work the following day. He said management became alarmed and reported the case to the Cantonments Police. �We launched an investigation into the case and gathered intelligence that he had travelled to Inkum in Calabar, the Cross River State of Nigeria,� he said. The Cantonments District Police Commander said Interpol in Ghana contacted its counterparts in Lagos, Nigeria over the case and the suspect was subsequently arrested. �We arrested him in Lagos where he had gone to settle and used some of the money to buy four motorbikes he was using for the Okada business,� he noted. Mohammed was transported to Ghana after his arrest on January 9, 2015. Chief Sup. Seidu said the police have been able to retrieve $8,000 from the suspect, who would soon be arraigned before court. The riders of the Okada motorbikes, which were bought with the stolen money, have also been asked to work and pay the cost of the motorbikes. Chief Supt. Seidu urged companies in the country to vet prospective employees. He advised them to contact the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Police Headquarters to conduct vetting for them. This, he said, would help the police in their investigations.