FOUR ARMED ROBBERS NABBED (Page 28 Lead)

29/02/2008
Story and Pix: Mary Mensah
Four suspected armed robbers who snatched a taxi from its owner at Pig Farm and went on a stealing spree at Dzorwulu have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command.
The four were arrested by residents at the Sid Theatre area of Dzorwulu when they snatched the bag of a lady who was walking by the roadside.
They are Kwadwo Djan, alias Junior, 19; Jacob Etiano, 21; Kofi Hene, 18 and Paul Mensah, 21, all drivers’ mates living at Pig Farm.
According to the Accra Regional Police Commander, DCP Opare Addo, at about 2:00 a.m(Which day ???????) the driver of the taxi, a Kia Pride with registration number GR. 2187 Z, was on his usual rounds at the PTC area at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle when two of the suspects signalled him to stop.
They told him to take them to an area at Pig Farm but within a few metres to their destination the one sitting in front of the taxi asked the driver to stop for his friend to alight.
He said as soon as the driver stopped the taxi, he spotted two men wielding a machete and a knife and they asked him to step down or they would kill him.
He said the driver alighted and they entered the taxi and sped off.
The driver went to the Kotobabi Police Station and lodged a complaint after which he went home.
According to the commander, the four went about snatching bags and other valuables, using the machetes and knives to threaten their victims.
He said at about 6:30 a.m, they pounced on the complainant, Ms Murial Naa Ofeibea Dodoo, who was on her way to work and snatched her bag.

*PIX* The suspected armed robbers (from left to right): Paul Mensah, 21, Kofi Hene, 18, Jacob Etiano, 21 and Kwadwo Djan, alias Junior, 19, who are all drivers’ mates living at Pig Farm.