The Mankessim Police Command has detained some people who are believed to be in their late 50s for allegedly robbing travelers of their possessions at Harom Junction on the Mankessim stretch of the Cape Coast highway.
The suspects, who are believed to be a couple, operate by hiring a taxi and feigning a trip to Cape Coast.
Then, as the waiting cab accelerates away, one of them stops at a bus stop and hurriedly snatches a passengers’ bag.
When they attempted to grab a passenger’s backpack at Saltpond, their luck ran out.
They were apprehended as a result of the pursuit by another car.
The Mankessim Police Command is presently have the suspects in custody while conducting additional inquiries.
An eyewitness narrated this to the media:
“I was traveling from Saltpond to Mankessim around 12 p.m. When I reached Harom Junction, I saw a car coming from Saltpond. It tried to cross in front of me, but I almost hit it. One of the passengers in the car alerted me that they were thieves. I was originally heading to Mankessim, but I turned around and followed them.”
“I told an oncoming sprinter driver to follow them too. The sprinter driver crossed them, and I stopped right behind them, blocking their way. They are two men and two women, and they might be in their 50s. The police were called, and they were arrested. They had several purses in their possession, which were packed in a sack. Some of the passengers who were robbed were travelling from Cape Coast and Kumasi.”
The eyewitness further indicated that the thieves had been terrorizing passengers in the area in recent times.
“A few weeks ago, a passenger I picked complained bitterly about being robbed of GH¢10,000,” he stated.
