Takoradi: 3 Persons Arrested For faking A Kidnapping Incident; Demanding GHS5K Ransom

The Takoradi Divisional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three persons for allegedly faking a kidnapping incident and demanding GHS5,000 ransom. The suspects are Joana Krah, aged 29, Susana Awortwe, aged 27 too, and also Francis Eshun, aged 27. According to the police, suspect Joana Krah conspired

with the other two suspects then to feign her kidnap and demanded the GHS5,000 ransom from her adopted father. Takoradi Divisional Police Command has also arrested three suspects, Joana Krah, aged 29, Susana Awortwe, aged 27 too, and also Francis Eshun, aged 27 for faking a kidnap and demanding a ransom or Five

Thousand Ghana Cedis. Recently, one Josephine Panyin Mensah, also in the Takoradi faked a pregnancy and subsequent kidnapping. She was however arrested and put before the court. Meanwhile, she pleaded not guilty in her first appearance in court on Monday, September 27, 2021. This is in spite of the claims by the police that

she had confessed to faking the kidnapping and the pregnancy. The case has been adjourned to the Friday, November 11, 2021. According to the Police, Takoradi has become notorious for fale kidnapping in recent times.