Crime & Punishment of Saturday, 7 July 2018

Source: Clifford Frimpong

Spintex car snatchers arrested at Ofankor

The two are infamous for engaging in such nefarious activities The two are infamous for engaging in such nefarious activities

Two suspects have been apprehended at the Ofankor barrier by the police barely 24 hours
after a carjacking operation at Spintex.

The suspects, Richard Antwi, alias cabby, 35 and Kofi Nkansah, 32
allegedly drove off in their victim’s black unregistered Chevrolet Malibu
after forcing him out of the car at Spintex Road on the night of
Wednesday, July 4.

The pair, after succeeding the operation, quickly lined up a client to buy
the stolen car the next morning at Ofankor barrier in the Ga West
District of the Greater Accra Region.

The Tesano motorbike patrols team of the Ghana Police sortied to nab
the suspects at about 9 am on Thursday, July 5, as they were in the
process of selling the vehicle.

Many are believed to have fallen victims to the activities of the two
suspected criminals.

They are currently in the Nungua police cells awaiting court trial.