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A suspected car thief has been apprehended by police in the Eastern Region for allegedly poisoning a drink for a taxi driver in an attempt to escape with his car.
The suspect, Evans Ahenful, 31, hired the taxi registered GG 2729-21 and allegedly gave the driver a drink containing an unknown substance last Friday around 5:30 p.m. in Koforidua.
The suspect attempted to cross the main Koforidua-Accra checkpoint at the Tinkong barrier, but was intercepted based on intelligence gathered at the end.
East Regional Police Command DSP public relations officer Ebenezer Tetteh, who confirmed the incident, said the driver began to respond with signs of weakness, including name calling.
He explained that the suspect took the driver to St. Joseph’s Hospital for treatment, but while the victim was on admission to the ward, the suspect attempted to escape with the taxi but was noticed by a vigilant security guard on duty who became suspicious and reported the incident to the Effiduase District Police.
He said that “the security man who saw the said suspect taking the driver to the hospital the same day saw the suspect drive the taxi out of the facility without the victim.”
He added that “the victim who was in the ward was then brought to the police station in Effiduase with bruises on his body, after being subjected to beatings and having received a malted drink suspected of having been laced. “.
DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said: “because the driver was talking among other things. The police were unable to obtain meaningful information from him due to his condition ”.
He said: “Based on the little information received, information was passed to various checkpoints in Koforidua Municipality and on the same day the driver who pulled out of the checkpoint attempted to cross over. to Accra with said taxi “.
Police hope the victim will recover to provide more information to help the police investigation facilitate prosecution.
—DGN online
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