One Eric Apkavi has been arrested by the police for attempting to defraud an alcoholic beverage manufacturer resident at Mankesim in the Central region to the tune of ¢11.3 million.
Eric was arrested at the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange where he had gone to deliver a suitcase containing parcels of saw dust to his victim as millions of money for the purchase of land.
A source at the police headquarters told Public Agenda that the complainant began to receive purported strange foreign calls from one Emmanuel Kweku Abeiku who claimed he needed a parcel of land to put up a hotel in Mankesim. Emmanuel told his victim he wanted him to supervise the project for him.
Emmanuel later told his victim he wanted to send down money for the project but the charges will be too expensive. Therefore, he asked his victim for his jacket size to enable him, (Emmanuel) conceal the money in it and send it through diplomatic courier service.
Emmanuel called his victim again and directed him to contact one Ben in Accra for the parcel. The complainant told the police when he contacted Ben he told him to come along with ¢11.3 million as handling charges and meet him at the Tetteh Quarshie interchange, since he, (Ben) claimed he was doing delivery around that area.
However, he warned complainant not to open the parcel until he gets back to Mankesim. Complainant became suspicious and alerted the police who laid ambush and arrested suspect Eric Apkavi when he handed over the suitcase containing saw dust.
In another development, the police has arrested a Nigerian Joseph Ohia resident in Ghana and a Ghanaian David Adjei and charged them with preparation to defraud. They were arrested at a house at Tema Community 18 upon a tip off.
Two others Alex and Sony Achiba also Nigerians are currently on the run and police have mounted a search for them. A search by the police found a bag full of US dollar bills suspected to be fake.
Joseph admitted that he asked David to bring the bag from Dansoman as he was expecting to deliver the bag to a Japanese the following day. David claimed the bag was given to him by a Nigerian for safe keeping.
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