Story:Michael Donkor
THE police have arrested three more people in connection with the seizure of the substance suspected to be cocaine at Ataabadze Junction, near Elmina in the Central Region, at the weekend.
They are Derick Armah Kwatreng, David Agyemfrah and Charles Lartey.
Lartey was arrested when he allegedly went to the Central Regional Police Command with $6,000 and CFA200,000 to bribe the police for the release of Mills-Robertson, the man who had been arrested earlier, while the other two were picked up at a filling station in Cape Coast close to the Regional Police Headquarters.
Agyemfrah was identified as one of the suspects who escaped from the vehicle, while Kwatreng is said to be the owner of the vehicle.
According to a source close to the Police Headquarters in Accra, the suspects were being interrogated, after which they would be prosecuted.
The source gave the assurance that efforts were being made to track down the other suspects who escaped when the vehicle carrying the substance was intercepted.
Officials of the Cape Coast Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) at the weekend intercepted 380 parcels of a substance suspected to be cocaine which were concealed in 19 travelling bags at Ataabadze Junction.
The Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Rose Bio-Atinga, at a press briefing in Cape Coast, said following directives from the Police Headquarters for the police to embark on aggressive vehicle checks for items such as arms and drugs, the regional MTTU began the exercise on Sunday.
She said the officials, led by the Unit Deputy Commander, ASP Frederick Kojo Asare Mensah, were on duty at Ataabadze Junction about 8.00 a.m. when they intercepted a Toyota vehicle with three people on board heading towards Accra.
She said when the vehicle was searched, 19 travelling bags loaded with a substance suspected to be cocaine were concealed in the boot.
DCOP Bio-Atinga said while the search was being conducted, two of the suspects, known only as Chiko and Michael, escaped into a nearby bush, while the driver, Mills-Robertson, 49, was arrested.
She said Mills-Robertson offered the police $5,000 for his release but they refused the offer and took him to the Regional Police Headquarters.
Mills- Robertson told the police that he had been hired by some Nigerians to convey the substance from Bogoso to Accra for a fee of $40,000.
DCOP Bio-Atinga called on the public to support the police by giving them the relevant information to enable them to do their work effectively.
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