Woman, 26, four others nabbed for attempted baby theft
The Sefwi Wiawso police command has arrested a 26-year-old woman for attempting to steal a baby.
The prime suspect, Paulina Owusu, together with accomplices Stephen Owusu, 32; Samson Addae, 33; and Haruna Yussif, 36; allegedly plotted to steal the twin babies.
A fourth suspect is on the run.
The incident occurred at Sefwi Punikrom in the Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region.
Recently, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) arrested eleven persons for baby harvesting and human trafficking.
They include mothers of the babies, nurses, doctors and social welfare staff.
They were workers of some health centres in Accra.
A joint statement issued by the Medical and Dental Council and EOCO on Wednesday, 20 January 2020, said: “The joint team carried out investigations into the illegal activities between the periods of June to November 2020”.
“As a result of these investigations, two medical doctors, two social workers, four nurses, two mothers and one traditional birth attendant have been arrested so far and are on bail pending further investigations. We currently have in our possession, two baby boys who were bought as a result of the operation.”
According to EOCO, there are still some petitions which have been presented to the office on baby theft that are under investigation.
Source: Classfmonline.com
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