AN 18-year-old boy who broke into the flat of a businessman at Dansoman SSNIT Flats in Accra and escaped to the Western Region has been arrested by the police.
He made away with the man’s laptop, digital cameras, three passports with visas, two DVD players, watches, documents, indentures and other belongings.
The suspect, Ebenezer Amo Tandoh, after fleeing to Takoradi, called the victim to demand a ransom before the release of the items.
The suspect, after hours of negotiations, then gave an account number to the victim to deposit GH¢1,000 before the release of the items.
The victim then reported him to the police, who then informed the bank after confirming that the suspect had an account with the said bank.
According to the suspect, he went to the bank to check his balance and realised that the victim had deposited the money he demanded into his account, but he did not withdraw it.
“I went back to the bank last Tuesday to withdraw the money and the machine swallowed my ATM Card. I, therefore, went into the banking hall to go through the manual process, when I was arrested,” he told the police.
He confessed that he lived with the victim at SSNIT Flats at Dansoman in Accra, saying “I broke into the house when he was away, but I did not find money. I, therefore, decided to collect the items, including his complementary card.”
He told the police that he had sold the laptop, the digital cameras and the watches in Accra and made some money out of it.
On his arrest, Tandoh was said to be involved in other similar offences, explaining that the police found several mobile phone chips on him.
The police have since brought him to the Dansoman District Police Command in Accra, where the case was first reported.
No comments:
Post a Comment