A young man who has allegedly been snatching cars in Accra and selling them in the Western Region with the connivance of officials of the Driver and Vehicle Licence Authority (DVLA), has been busted by the police at Axim.
At the time of his arrest at Mile 32 barrier in the Axim municipality, the suspect, Solomon Kwakyi, 24, had allegedly stolen four vehicles from Accra and managed to sell three of them.
Some of the stolen vehicles were a KIA Pride with registration number GR1007Y, which was stolen at Achimota; Nissan Premerra with registration number GE7584 V, which was stolen at Kotobabi, and a Toyota Corolla, which was stolen in front of Papaye Fast Food, Osu in Accra.
The registration number of the Toyota Corolla is yet to be known.
According to the police, the suspect claimed that after stealing the vehicles, his collaborators at the DVLA helped him to secure road worthiness certificates and fake duplicates of documents of similar brand of the vehicles he had stolen.
The vehicles are then transported to other parts of the country, sold and the booty shared.
According to the Axim District Commander, DSP Lovelace Tefutor, the suspect had managed to sell three of the stolen vehicles and was on his way to Axim to negotiate with a prospective buyer.
On reaching Mile 32 Barrier near Axim, the police demanded to examine the papers covering his vehicle but before they could say jack, the suspect had run into the bush but was arrested after a hot chase.
He told the police that he had realised substantial resources from the sale of the vehicles.
from the sales of the vehicles and the money deposited in his bank account in Accra.
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