Viral Video Of Man Allegedly Stealing Rail Track Puts Police On Edge, Arrest Two Suspects

• Police have nabbed two people in connection with a viral video of stolen rail tracks and steel sleepers
• The suspects Ibrahim John and Bashiru Ibrahim were arrested while transporting a huge quantity of rail tracks and steel sleepers to a metal fabrication company in Tema
• Police said in a press release that officials of the company where the suspected stolen items were being transported before being intercepted would report to the police on May 2, 2023, to assist with ongoing investigation

Ghana police have arrested two people after a video of alleged stolen rail tracks and steel sleepers went viral on social media.

The rail tracks and steel sleepers belong to the state agency, the Ghana Railway Development Authority.

The viral video had an unidentified man showing sections of the metallic tracks which passed through a thick forest that had been cut by the alleged thieves.

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A voice-over in Twi, mostly likely by the person shooting the video, seemed to be warning authorities about the damage done to the state property and informing them that the perpetrators would return to cut more of the metal.

Police announce the arrest of two people in connection with the theft of rail tracks

However, shortly after the video went viral, police released a statement announcing that two suspects had been nabbed.

Police said Ibrahim John and Bashiru Ibrahim were arrested while carrying some rail tracks and steel sleepers to Ferro Frabrik Ltd., a company based in Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

Police said a significant quantity of metals used for trail tracks and steel sleepers were being transported in three DAF trucks with registration numbers GN 8501 - 15; GT 4705 -15 and GT 6707 -15.

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The tracks have since been impounded and parked at the National Police Training School while investigations continue.

Suspects claim they have been contracted by the Railway Ministry

Police explained in the press release on the arrest of the two suspects that the suspects claimed their company had been contracted by the Ministry of Railway Development to cart the suspected stolen rail tracks and steel sleepers to Tema.

"Officials of the company who were not met at the premises of the company have been asked to report to the police station tomorrow morning [May 2, 2023] to assist in the investigation," police said.

Police said they have also made contact with the officials of the Ministry of Railways Development.

They are also expected to report to the police on May 2, 2023, to support the investigation.

Two Chinese nationals arrested over power theft

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported in a separate story that two Chinese nationals were in the grip of the National Security for stealing power to run their manufacturing company.

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Their company, Fenice Metal Technology, which is into electrical cable manufacturing has allegedly been stealing two-thirds of the power used at the facility.

Ishmael Oku, ECG's Revenue Protection and Technical investigation manager, disclosed that the Chinese were arrested on Thursday, April 27, 2023.

Police officer begs for life in viral video

In yet another story, YEN.com.gh reported that a video of illegal miners subduing a police officer and compelling him to beg for his life went viral.

The video was uploaded by A Plus on Facebook and shows the police officer kneeling and pleading with one of the illegal miners whom he appears to know to spare his life.

Many Ghanaians who have watched the video condemned it in the comment section.

Source: YEN.com.gh