From Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Sekondi
A KIA truck loaded with 158 jumbo size sacks and 31 huge packages of substance suspected to be “wee” covered with tubers of yam and heading towards neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire has been busted at the Samenye Security Check Point in the Jomoro District of the Western Region.
The suspects, Paul Kwao, Wuro Awudu and Opoku Rockson, owners of the consignment, attempted to bribe the duty officer in charge of the check point.
He declined the offer and told them that “in the face of the single spine improved pay and my age as a police officer, I will never dent the image of the service I have worked for all my life, I am sorry; I will arrest you.”
The suspects told the police that they paid their way right from the Brong Ahafo, Central and Western regions until they were busted at the last check point by Chief Inspector Emmanuel A. Kumi who refused to be influenced.
A police source at the check point told The Mirror that when the Kia truck arrived at the barrier, the substance was detected and the leader, Kwao, claimed ownership of the consignment and attempted to bribe the policemen on duty.
Chief Inspector Kumi, who was the most senior at the check point, told the suspects that a good name was better than riches and that he was due for retirement and he could not sacrifice his entitlement in exchange with a few cedis.
The source said the Chief Inspector then ordered the arrest of the truck and the three men and they were escorted to the district headquarters at Half-Assini.
Meanwhile, the Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Alhaji Hamidu Mahama, has commended Chief Inspector Kumi and said that modern day policing had changed and people who think they could bribe the police should think again.
He said that like-minded people could succeed in bribing some elements in the service but not all of them.
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