Police Officer Interdicted For Leaving Gun Inside Trotro

News coming in indicates that a police officer who left his rifle in a commercial vehicle after allegedly collecting a GH¢100 bribe from the driver has been interdicted.

Inspector Sulemana Adam with the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) was interdicted and referred to the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB).

The move, according to the police, is “to allow for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident”.

A press release issued by the Western Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service on Saturday, January 28 said the police inspector and the driver will both assist in investigations.

The driver had narrated on Connect FM‘s morning show, Omanbapa, how some police officers had stopped him for illegal parking.

Police Officer Interdicted For Leaving Gun Inside Trotro

“I loaded passengers from Coast to Takoradi,” he said.

“When I got to Takoradi around 8:30pm on Friday, a police vehicle with about five officers stopped me. They alighted all my passengers and told me I was under arrest and that I will be taken to the office to be processed before court which I agreed.

“On our way to the Police station, they stopped and told me that if they should take me to the Police station, I will pay GH¢500 and my vehicle will be locked until Monday. They then told me to pay GH¢150 and I pleaded with them to have mercy upon me. They told me I was not serious and that the only way they would allow me to go is GH¢100 for a last price. So I paid the GH¢100 and they left me to go and continue my work.”

He said it was later that he found out that the rifle had been left in the front seat of his car.

“The rifle has since been returned by the driver of the said vehicle who also alleged that the Inspector had extorted money from him.”

Background

It was reported that a driver in an interview with Takoradi-based radio station Connect FM narrated how five Police officers last Friday arrested him for loading at an unauthorized area and later had to pay an amount of GH¢100 for his freedom.

“On our way to the Police station, they stopped and told me that if they should take me to the Police station, I will pay GH¢500 and my vehicle will be locked until Monday.

They then told me to pay GH¢150 and I pleaded with them to have mercy upon me. They told me I was not serious and that the only way they would allow me to go is GH¢100 for the last price. So I paid the GH¢100 and they left me to go and continue my work,” he told Connect FM.

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The driver who announced anonymity further indicated that he later realised that one of the police officers who entered his vehicle had left his gun in the front seat with the inscription (CZ805 BREN – made in the Czech Republic).

“The rifle has since been returned by the driver of the said vehicle who also alleged that the Inspector had extorted money from him.”