Military officer, another busted for snatching taxi cab

The Accra Regional police Command have arrested a military officer and a professional heavy load equipment operator for allegedly engaging in a car snatching operation at gun point.

Addressing the media, the Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, ACP Timothy Bonga said on December 29, 2015, the suspects, Lance Copororal Fiaku Micheal, 24, and Baffoe Archer, 24, hired the taxi from Tudu in Accra to the Osu castle.

“On reaching the CEPS traffic light, the military officer requested to use the washroom and directed the complainant to drive to the independence square.

“On arrival the military officer visited the washroom as requested leaving suspect Baffoe Archer in the taxi cab together with the driver,” ACP Timothy Bonga added.

He said the military officer returned minutes later from the washroom with a pistol which he pointed at the driver ordering him to hand over the taxi.

The taxi driver reported the case to the police.

The suspects were later arrested at the point of selling the vehicle.

The police have however asked the public to assist them in apprehending a third accomplice in the case, Richard Opoku Asamoah.