Suspected grave looters arrested

Three suspects, Kweku Quansah, Kwame Baah and Joseph Sam Mensah have been arrested by the police for allegedly engaging in grave looting.

Their arrest follows information received by the Police CID on July 11, 2007 that some individuals in Gomoa district of the Central Region were involved in grave looting and trading in human bones.

A source at the police headquarters told Public Agenda that a team of personnel from the unit accompanied by the informant were deployed to the area on duty.

A member of the team posed as a potential buyer and first visited the town called Eshiem and was led by suspect Kweku Quansah to a village called Ofasu, where the alleged human bones were being kept.

At Ofasu, Kweku Quansah located Kwame Baah and both of them went into the bush and brought the suspected human bones.
While the team was heading around Kukurantumi, the second suspect Kwame Baah invited the third suspect Joseph Sam Mensah to join them to the place for a drink.

The source said when they all got into the vehicle they were arrested and brought to the CID Headquarters for interrogation. During investigations, suspect Kweku Quansah told the police that one Nana Assen who lives in Gomoa Mozano introduced him to one Alhaji Ibrahim as someone who was looking for human bones to buy, but did not state the purpose for which he needed the bones.

Quansah then contacted Kwame Baah through one Ofori whom Baah had earlier informed that he had some human bones. After Baah’s confirmation that he had the bones, Quansah arranged a meeting for the sale of the bones to Alhaji Ibrahim.

Suspect Kwame Baah in his caution statement said he found the bones eight years ago on his undeveloped plot of land. He said he informed the Mankrado of the town who instructed him to bury the bones.
Kwame Baah revealed that a month ago suspect Kweku Quansah contacted him that someone was looking for human bones to buy at which he agreed to sell the bones to the potential buyer.

Further investigations revealed that the suspects Kweku Quansah and Kwame Baah had agreed to sell the alleged human bones to the undercover agent at ¢30 million. On their way to Kukurantumi for the payment the suspects were arrested.
Meanwhile, the alleged bones are being submitted to the Ghana Police Hospital for examination.