Man busted with over 60 'stolen' State cars tells his side of story
Over 60 vehicles believed to be part of the missing State vehicles were on Wednesday retrieved at Nsawam in the Eastern Region.
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The taskforce empowered to search and retrieve missing government vehicles said it found the vehicles parked in a yard belonging to one William Baah, who identified himself as an auctioneer.
The taskforce identified five of the cars as being State vehicles.
Some of the vehicles have the customized SPD number plates and include Land Cruisers, Mitsubishi Pajeros, and BMWs.
“They are over 60 cars; some are government cars.
“We can’t judge it here. That will be left to our big men. We only came to pick the information and will send the signal to Ghana government,” the leader of the taskforce told the media.
He said the vehicles had been seized and the auctioneer would be arrested to assist in further investigations.
But the owner of the property on which the vehicles were found has explained that the vehicles were confiscated by the courts and his role was only to preserve them.
“When you owe a bank or an individual and the person takes you to court; the court goes to your house for execution and when they find a property or car on your premises they seize it and ask you to go and pay your debt after that you come for your vehicle,” he said.
“All these cars can’t be parked at the court premises. That is why we have auctioneers and debt collectors so when the cars are seized the court will authorise the auctioneer to go for the vehicles for preservation. The cars over here are not mine. When you put these cars on screen you embarrass the owners of the vehicles and the auctioneers,” Baah said, adding that “The cars here are court properties.”
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