The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has been justifying its move to clampdown on suspected stolen vehicles from the US and Canada which are shipped to and sold in Ghana.

The Office says new information from their partners the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says more stolen vehicles have arrived in Ghana.

Abdulai Bashiru Dapilah, Deputy CEO in charge of operations at EOCO said, "The FBI is doing their investigations in the US and Canada and has requested our collaborative assistance.

"Also, we have spotted some of the cars in garages all being driven by other individuals [in Ghana] and we have confronted them."

He said they have asked the persons to produce the evidence of how they came about those vehicles.

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In April this year, EOCO directed all vehicle dealers and individuals in possession of 95 luxury vehicles, suspected to have been stolen and smuggled into Ghana, to hand them over to the office or face the wrath of the law.

Mr Bashiru Dapilah said if the individual with the said vehicles is unable to show evidence of their ownership of the vehicle, the law will take its course.

"If you come we will give you time to show us how you acquired the car...when we asked them to produce the evidence, we categorised them into three or so.

"There were those who had no documents at all or refused to bring any document, those who showed documents that they bought from other individuals and those who bought from third-party garages."

According to him, they are doing this so those who are accused of stolen vehicles can be ruled out and taken through what the law stipulates.

The Vehicle and Asset Dealers Association has not been happy about the development and has insisted that EOCO takes a step back until it concludes its investigations.

Clifford Ansu, an executive member of the Vehicle and Asset Dealers Association, said the exercise is simply to harass them.