Gang leader busted at last

Accra (Greater Accra), 24th May '99 --

The Police panthers unit last Thursday arrested George Kleh, 41, leader of a bag-snatching syndicate operating within the Accra and Tema metropolis, who has been declared wanted for a over month now.

Also busted is Habib Musa Adams, 30, an accomplice while Enoch Koku alias 'Melo' also member of the gang is on the run.

A police statement issued on Friday said George Kleh was sentenced in absentia to a five year prison term by an Accra Circuit Tribunal in November last year for robbery.

Various courts in Accra have issued warrants for his arrest.

Kleh has since his arrest confessed to the police about his involvement in numerous bag snatching cases.

He told the police that in April this year, he picked an amount of 48 million cedis, and 850 dollars from a white Opel Cadet car at the Legon petrol filling station.

The statement said in the same month Kleh picked 15 million cedis and 75,000 dollars from a man at Tema, and six million cedis from another car near the Kumasi sports stadium when the owner was having a drink at a bar.

Kleh also picked 30 million cedis in February this year from the premises of Linex Bau, a Road construction company in Kumasi,

The Police Public Directorate has invited members of the public who have fallen victims to the criminal activities of George kley, to contact the Directorate at the police headquarters, Accra.