Four men suspected to be members of a gang that snatched a taxi at Gomoa Potsin in the Central Region have been remanded into police custody by the Winneba Magistrate Court.
The police arrested two of the suspects, named Emmanuel Osei and Abdul Razak aged 22 and 23 respectively just hours after they stole the taxi with registration number GX 3027-17 from a driver named Prince Amemoo.
Luck however, eluded the two other suspects who had been on the run until the Kasoa Police arrested them.
According to the police the suspects boarded the victim’s taxi from the Winneba Roundabout to Gomoa Potsin and forced him to drive to the outskirts of the town.
Emmanuel Osei, who was sitting next to the driver, allegedly threatened him with a machete while his accomplices pushed him out of the car.
They then tied the victim with a rope and gagged him with a handkerchief before absconding with the taxi.
The police explain that the Accra Central District Police Command received a tip-off that a group of young men were offering a taxi, similar to the stolen one, for sale at Agblogbloshie.
Police officers who were deployed to the scene feigned interest in the car and arrested the suspects who confessed to the robbery.
The Accra Central District Police later handed over the suspects to the Winneba Police who placed them for identification parade where Emmanuel Osei was identified by the complainant as one of the assailant.
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