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Police in Takoradi hunt for woman suspected of stealing a one-year-old boy

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Police and residents of Takoradi are on a manhunt for a woman, believed to be in her forties, who is suspected of stealing a year-old baby boy last Friday at the Takoradi Central Market popularly known as “Market Circle”.
The suspect, who was dressed in a long dress with a veil covering her face, is alleged to have pretended to be shopping in the market and engaged the victim’s mother, Nana Akosua, in a hearty conversation to the extent that the two started speaking their local dialect.
The suspect then requested to assist Nana Akosua with her baby boy to offer her some relief as she serves he customers.
The suspect then took the one year old boy and his siblings to a nearby pastries shop and bought them some.
She later returned the children to their Mother with the exception of the one year old boy.
The suspect is said to have taken the boy away without the mother noticing.
Later, Nana Akosua realising their absence at the pastries shop , raised an alarm but it was too late to trace the whereabouts of her baby.
The frustrated searched for her baby but could only get footage of her missing baby and the suspect from some banks whose CCTV captured them.
The Takoradi Police has since launched a manhunt for the suspect and the baby.

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