Police arrest man over audio claiming policemen planted narcotics in car
In the said audio clip, a man who claimed to be a doctor narrated that policemen, numbering about four, insisted that they found weed and cocaine in his car and that he should pay an amount of GHC 20,000 to forfeit prosecution.
The Ghana Police says it has arrested a man suspected to be behind a false audio recording where he claimed policemen planted narcotics in his car and attempted to extort money from him.
In the said audio clip, a man who claimed to be a doctor narrated that policemen, numbering about four, insisted that they found weed and cocaine in his car and that he should pay an amount of GHC 20,000 to forfeit prosecution.
He also claimed the matter has been reported to the East Legon and Accra Central Police Stations as well as the Narcotics Control Commission and the Ghana Armed Forces.
However, in a statement, the police said although the suspect’s name is indeed Patrick Aseidu, he is not a doctor as he claimed in the audio clip, but rather an Uber driver.
“Police investigations, so far, have established that the man who has been arrested and is in police custody, is indeed called Patrick Aseidu, he is an Uber driver and not a doctor. The investigations show the entire story narrated in the audio tape is false and a total fabrication by the suspect,” the statement said.
“Equally false are the vivid descriptions of having been taken to the Accra Central and East Legon Police Stations as well as the Narcotics Control Commission. The claims of fingerprints being taken are all also untrue.
“Patrick Asiedu, the suspect, however, alleged that he had once witnessed a similar incident to what he described in the audio tape, happen to one of his passengers."
