Police have arrested twelve people who are members of an organized crime syndicate involved in multiple incidents of carjacking, robbery and murder in three parts of the country.
The arrest follows an ongoing intelligence-led operation by a special police team monitoring the gang’s activities between July 2022 and January 2023 in Greater Accra, Ashanti and the Eastern Region.
The suspects, Prince Opuni, Kwabena Kyei Barfour, Jeffrey Dwomoh alias Jeff, Clifford Opoku alias Spider, Samuel Adom, William Ansah, Bernard Adu Gyamfi, Anthony Tawiah alias Wizzy, Andrew Kwame Owusu, Musah Sulley, Yaw Acheampong, Charles Lotherford, are operating with gun, attacked the victim and took over the car which they then sold to other people.
Investigation into the activities of the syndicate revealed that the suspect, Jeffery Dwomoh, shot and killed one of the victims, when one of the expeditions stole a car at Brofoyedru near Ahenema Kokoben.
During the operation, the police recovered ten (10) vehicles, believed to have been taken by the gang from their victims. The police also recovered two foreign pistols, one revolver with ten (10) rounds of 38 special ammunition and a Rugger foreign pistol with eleven (11) 9mm rounds of ammunition, together with Ten Thousand and Ten Ghana Cedis (GH₵) cash. 10.010.00).
All twelve (12) suspects are in Police custody and efforts are underway to arrest one other suspect who, the police have reason to believe, facilitated the documentation of double vehicles for the syndicate.
Police are in contact with most of the victims who are assisting with the investigation and efforts to contact the remaining victims.
“We would like to commend the Police team who showed resilience and patriotic commitment throughout the operation,” Police statement stated.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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