The police in Ghana has arrested six people for “staging the kidnapping” of student in a Boys Senior High School in the capital, Accra.
The Ghana Police Service in a statement on Friday revealed that, through its intelligence-led operation and investigation, has arrested six (6) persons including four (4) juveniles who are all students of Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon, Accra, for staging a kidnapping incident.
The police said: “Preliminary investigations revealed that one of the juveniles, in an attempt to extort money from his parents to enable him travel abroad, conspired with the others to stage the kidnapping incident. In the process, they demanded an amount of Three Hundred and Forty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 340,000.00) as ransom from the alleged victim’s parents.”
According to the police, their investigation further disclosed that the juveniles, together with the two others, succeeded in collecting an amount of Twenty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH$20,000.00) of the total ransom demanded.
It added that the identities of the juveniles have been withheld and their parents and guardians have been duly informed.
