Police officer disguises as Mallam to arrest suspected baby thief

A suspected baby thief has been apprehended in Babato Kumah, a community near Kintampo in the Bono East Region, after supposedly stealing a two-month-old baby.

Janet Zenabu was smoked out of her hideout after almost three months of absconding with her landlady’s daughter at Aburi in the Eastern Region.

According to reports, the suspect, who hails from a community near Tuna in the Savannah region, traveled to work as a chop bar attendant at Aburi where she allegedly stole the baby.

Police say Zenabu on August 6 did not go to work, thus her landlady requested that she babysat her daughter whilst she (Landlady) prepared meals for her family.

A few minutes later, at about 5:30 pm, the suspect informed the landlady that she was going to buy mobile phone airtime at the roadside. Janet therefore carried the baby along.



After a while, the landlady got worried that the suspect had taken too long in returning. She therefore made an official complaint at the Aburi Police station.

The case was subsequently forwarded to the Police Headquarters in Accra for further investigation.

A Police officer identified as Inspector Alhassan Seidu at the Aburi District Police Command, whose wife is the chop bar operator the suspect worked for, decided to voluntarily complement the Police’s investigation to smoke out the suspect and subsequently rescued the baby.

As part of his investigations, he established that the suspect had relocated from her home village near Tuna to Babatomah near Kintampo, where her husband and mother-in-law live.