The Takoradi Police Command after arresting the suspect connected to the stealing of a one year old baby in the Western region has been charged with child stealing and  conspiracy to commit a crime.

Mawusi Rose Fiaku, 42 together with one Lawson Lartey, 32 believed to be her boyfriend were arrested in the earlier today at the Effiekuma in the Effia-Kwesimitsim Municipality where they were with the the stolen boy.

The incident which occurred on Friday had 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 local dialect Ewe.

The unidentified suspect requested to assist Nana Akosua holding the baby for her while she served customers.

The suspect then took the one year old boy and his siblings to a nearby pastries shop and bought them some, and later returned the siblings leaving the one year old boy with the pastries seller.

The suspect then promised to return the boy then took the boy away without the knowledge of the boy's mother.

Upon realizing that her baby was gone, the victim’s mother, raised an alarm but it was too late to trace the whereabouts of her baby.

The frustrated mother began searching for her baby but could only get footage of her missing baby and the suspect from some banks whose CCTV captured them.