She keeps booty of armed robbers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has in their custody a 38-year-old trader, Madam Adjeley Adjei of Teshie in Accra, for using her house as a hide-out for armed robbers where they keep their stolen booty. She was arrested on Tuesday, December 25, 2001, upon a tip-off.

The police had earlier mounted a surveillance on Madam Adjeley for three days. Items retrieved from the house of the woman are a Dell Lap-Top Computer, three speakers; a CD player, assorted video cassettes; hair tonging machines; video decks and a pedicure machine.

The rest included 10 hand-dryers, assorted cooking utensils, assorted old and new metal buckets, flash lights, tape recorders, Nokia mobile phone and two studio head phones.

Mr Dennys Akob-Dem, a Police Officer of the Vetting, Criminal, Intelligence and Analysis Department (VCIA) at the Police Headquarters, briefing "The Spectator" on Monday, said Madam Adjeley told the police that the items belong to her relations and herself. Mr Akob-Dem said Madam Adjeley could, however, not provide any receipt nor proof of ownership of the items.

The Police Officer said on a number of occasions, the police received tip-offs on the activities of Madam Adjeley on suspicion of her being in league with armed robbers and often keeping their stolen goods for them.

Mr Akob-Dem has invited the general public who have been robbed to contact the Police Headquarters to identify the items.

Madam Adjeley appeared before an Accra Community Tribunal on Friday, December 28, charged with possessing stolen goods.

Her plea was not taken and the presiding judge, Mr Kojo Owusu, remanded her into police custody to enable the police to conduct further investigations into her activities.