Police arrest two car-snatchers
Two suspected members of a car-snatching syndicate operating in Kumasi and other parts of the country are in the grips of police. A third person whose name is being withheld is on the run. Twenty-two year old Kwame George and Kwame Tawiah, 28, were arrested Thursday night upon a tip-off at Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi, where they were preparing to launch an attack on their targets. The Police retrieved from the suspects a Toyota Corolla saloon believed to have been forcefully seized from its owner. Other items found on them include a locally-manufactured pistol with live ammunition, vehicle registration plates, road-worthy certificates and a hood. Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Patrick Timbillah, said the syndicate has largely contributed to the high rate crime recorded in the region in the first quarter of this year. According to him, the leader of the gang who is on the run is a notorious car-snatcher. DCOP Timbillah assured residents within and outside Kumasi that the police