The suspected thieves in police custody
The Madina Divisional police have arrested a mechanic apprentice for allegedly stealing a Toyota Corolla car belonging to a lecturer of the University of Professional Studies Accra. Three others who purportedly stole a Rama 150 motorbike valued at GH¢5,000, have also been nabbed.
The suspected car thief, Edem Dzigbordi, 20 years of age, allegedly bolted with the vehicle, registered GC 285-12, and re-sprayed it into a taxi when the lecturer took it to his master for  repairs, but the three others allegedly broke into the house of the motorbike owner and stole the vehicle, which had been locked.
They are Ibrahim Frank, 20, driver; Michael Osei Boakye, 23, unemployed and Evan Ayim, 22, a painter.
The four have provisionally been charged for stealing and are being processed for court while investigations into the case continue.
Confirming the story to DAILY GUIDE, Chief Superintendent Natongma Yakubu, the divisional commander, said Edem was arrested from his hideout at Ashongman Estate in Accra, while the suspected motorbike thieves were apprehended at a house close to the Action School.
Touching on the stolen car, Chief Superintendent Yakubu said the lecturer took it to the mechanic shop at Nsamanpom, near Madina, for repairs.
The master of Edem took delivery of the car and asked the owner to return later in the day for it.
According to Chief Superintendent Yakubu, Edem, who was only one week old at the shop, stole the keys to the car from his master and bolted with the vehicle
after re-spraying it into a taxi, and changed the registration number from private to commercial.
He was apprehended when he had an accident with the vehicle and was being investigated.
Chief Superintendent Yakubu said the three motorbike thieves committed the act on July 1, 2016 and were arrested the following day.
By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey