EDHUB has detailed how a freelance journalist, a Police Officer and a lecturer allegedly robbed 4 Indian men of GHC700,000.00, USD56,450.00, one iPhone 13, one iPhone 12 pro max, one iPhone 11, 2 iPhone 7, one Infinix phone, a Hp is laptop, a Dell laptop and four Indian passports at Osu.
According to reports the accused persons are named as Madam Helena Teye, a freelance journalist, Mr Abednego Bortier, a Police Officer, Mr Francis Omari, a Lecturer at IPMC in Accra and Elizabeth Teye, who is at large.
According to reports, suspects jointly robbed some Indian businessmen of GHC700,000.00, USD56,450.00, one iPhone 13, one iPhone 12 pro max, one iPhone 11, two iPhone 7, one Infinix phone, a Hp laptop, a Dell laptop and four Indian passports.
On July 19, 2023, at about 8pm, the 4 Indians were at their home in Osu, when the Police Officer dressed in a Police uniform, together with the other accused persons, knocked on their door and introduced themselves as a Special Investigation team and that they were to investigate an illegal activity their intelligence gathered, allegedly.
The accused persons then handcuffed the Indians, ransacked their rooms, and with threats and intimidation robbed them of the items aforementioned.
The accused persons then packed the robbed items in a waiting Nissan Sentra saloon car and drove away.
The Indians later made a report to the Police.
The Police Officer was tracked and identified as the Police officer in uniform during the robbery and arrested.
During interrogation, he confessed to the crime, and led the police to his house at Dzorwulu and a sum of GH₵185,105.00 and USD22, 500.00 were retrieved.
The Police Officer disclosed that the journalist, the lecturer and Madam Teye were his accomplices.
Investigations led to the arrest of the journalist at Legon Gardens on July 22, 2023, and upon interrogation, she told the investigation team that the complainants were engaging in money laundering, which resulted in their action.
The team subsequently took her to her house at Lakeside, near Madina, and during a search of her room, GH₵63,800.00 cash was found.
She allegedly told the team that, the money found in her room was what she got as her share of the booty.
Upon persistent interrogation, she confessed that she took part of the money to her friend at Teshie when she heard of the arrest of the Police Officer.
The journalist then led the Police team to the said friend at Teshie to retrieve GH₵242,100.00 and USS18,640.00.
The lecturer was also tracked and arrested at Osu near Danquah Circle and upon his arrest, he confessed to the crime and led the team to his house at Amasaman-Fise where GH₵64.920.00 and USD2.000.00 were retrieved.
On July 23, 2023, the accused persons led the Police to the crime scene and demonstrated how they succeeded in robbing the complainants.
During the robbery, the accused persons filmed the act and the said videos were retrieved from the laptop of the journalist.
The accused persons after the act, went to a private residence of the accused Police at La and shared the booty.
The team retrieved a total amount of GH₵595,665.00 and USD45, 140.00 from the accused persons and retained them as exhibits in court.
The accused persons have been remanded into Police custody for one week.
