The Ajumako District Police Command has launched a manhunt for a woman suspected of stealing an 11-month-old baby from the Ajumako market in the Central Region.

In an adomonline.com report on July 15, 2025, the incident was captured on CCTV footage installed at the market.

The video showed the woman, believed to be in her early 50s, walking away with the child after engaging the baby's caregiver in a conversation.

According to the mother of the baby, Esi Sekyiwaa, she had left the child in the care of her sister-in-law while she sold cassava in the market.