….Files petition over his seized van
A commercial driver, has filed a formal complaint with the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB), alleging misconduct by officers from three police districts in the Volta Region and demanding the release of his impounded vehicle.
Klutsey Emmanuel Edem, a van driver, claims he was unwittingly drawn into a drug trafficking operation, allegedly orchestrated by police officers from Abor, Keta, and Denu.
In a petition dated April 14, 2025, Mr Klutsey, recounts a troubling series of events that began in October 2024, and culminated in the seizure of his vehicle and his subsequent arrest.
According to the petition, Mr Klutsey, was approached at the Aflao border by Agbe, also known as “Taller,” and Michael Kwashie, alias “Bigg.”
He said, the men asked him to assist with transporting goods from Abor to Kedzi Hovoe, claiming that the arrangement was sanctioned by a police officer at the Abor Police Station, identified as Saviour Attor.
“I asked to know the nature of the goods we were to carry, but Agbe told me Saviour said that unless we get there, we wouldn’t be told,” Mr Klutsey stated.
Upon arriving at Officer Attor’s residence in Abor, Mr Klutsey, along with the two other drivers—Togbui Azorkata and a third man in Agbe’s vehicle—had their vehicles loaded with the numerous sacks by Attor’s boys, whom they met in the house.
Chief Inspector Walanyo, then escorted the convoy in a police service vehicle, while Officer Attor followed on a private motorbike.
Mr Klutsey, said the group was later joined by two unidentified officers travelling in a Toyota Camry, who allegedly assumed escort duties. At Hovoe, a seaside town, the contents of Agbe’s vehicle were offloaded into a canoe, after which the vehicle left the scene.
Shortly after, a Denu Police Patrol team and a taxi arrived, and a confrontation ensued between them and the other police units. This was after the Keta officers allegedly instructed Mr Klutsey and Azorkata to hide while they “resolved the issue.”
“When they couldn’t solve the problem, the police moved our vans to Denu,” Mr Klutsey said.
“We followed them on a motorcycle, and on the way, they offloaded the sacks from our vans into another vehicle.”
The two drivers’ vans—now empty—were reportedly driven to the Denu Police Station. While other vehicles involved in the operation were released, Mr Klutsey said his van, a 207 model with registration number GT 4846-W, remains in custody.
“When I went to Denu Police Station on 17 November 2024 to retrieve my van, I was arrested and detained for three days,” he stated. “Till now, my vehicle has not been returned.”
Mr Klutsey, added that police later informed him the sacks collected from Officer Attor’s residence contained wee, a local term for marijuana.
In his petition, he requests an investigation into the officers’ conduct and urges the PPSB to help secure the release of his vehicle.
The wee parcels are believed to have been transported by canoes and sold on the high seas by the traffickers.