DCOP Isaac Alex Quainoo, Western Regional Police Commander
Police at Wassa Akropong in the Western region have debunked reports that a vehicle with human parts had been intercepted in the area.
Last Friday, the driver of a vehicle traveling from Tarkwa to Kumasi was forced to drive to the Wassa Akropong police station by the passengers upon reaching there.
This was after the passengers suspected that some fertilizer sacks belonging to one of them contained human parts because of the stench that was emanating from them.
A crowd besieged the Police Station when the report went round that some passengers had been arrested with human parts.
It was a market day and most of the people who thronged the station claimed they had heard the story on some radio stations.
The commotion brought trading activities in the market to a temporary halt, as shopkeepers locked their shops to catch a glimpse of the
suspect and the human parts.
DAILY GUIDE learnt that the police on duty at the station, who ignored the rumour, had a hectic time trying to disperse the crowd, who drew closer and insisted on seeing the human parts.
The people came from various parts because they thought
the police were hiding the suspects.
When DAILY GUIDE contacted the Akropong District Police Commander, Isaac Kumnipa, he indicated that some unpleasant smell was coming from the fertilizer sacks but stated that there were no human parts.
He explained that the fertilizer sacks contained some concoction mixed with meat believed to be beef, which had been in the sacks for a long time.
“This was after we had sent the alleged human parts to the hospital for testing,” he added.
He could however not fathom why journalists published the story despite the explanation that was given.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi