Police hunt for car snatchers
The police have launched a manhunt for two suspected car snatchers for allegedly attacking the driver of a taxi at Abeka Lapaz in the Greater Accra Region.
One of them is suspected to have sustained bullet wounds during an exchange of gunshots with the police following the snatching of the taxi, a Toyota Yaris with registration number GW 8215-20.
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The two suspects, who escaped arrest on May 9, 2021, have been declared wanted, with the police appealing to the public and health facilities to be on the lookout for persons with gunshot wounds.
Information
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Mrs Effia Tenge, said a team of police officers on patrol within the Lapaz enclave received information from the police control room about the snatching of a taxi from its driver in the area.
She said the patrol team spotted the taxi cab at Kwashieman and gave it a hot chase.
During the chase, one of the suspected robbers in the stolen vehicle opened fire on the police who also returned fire through the rear screen of the vehicle.
Escape
During the shootout, one of the suspected robbers jumped out of the vehicle to escape police arrest, while the other suspect — then driving the stolen vehicle — managed to speed off
The patrol team later found the taxi cab parked at Busia Junction, a suburb of Odorkor, with the driver's seat soaked with blood.
Mrs Tenge said the police suspected that the driver was hit by a bullet from the police during the exchange of gunshots.
She, therefore, appealed to medical facilities in and around Odorkor to report persons with suspected gunshot wounds to the police for prompt action.
She said the vehicle had since been towed to the Odorkor Police Station.
