One hundred and fifty-six suspected criminals have been rounded up by the Accra Regional Police following a dawn raid they carried out at hideouts of criminals at Madina in Accra on Monday.
The suspects are made up of 111 men and 45 women. They include 10 Nigerians and a Liberian.
The alleged criminals, whose ages range between 18 and 51, are currently being screened at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters.
Items retrieved from their various hideouts included three motorbikes and substances suspected to be Indian hemp.
Criminal activities
Briefing the Daily Graphic in Accra on Monday, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mrs Afia Tenge, said some of the suspects had been connected to some criminal activities within Madina, Adentan and their surrounding areas.
She named the activities as bag snatching, pickpocketing and phone snatching.
Mrs Tenge said some of them were also engaged in prostitution, adding that the police team caught a number of them in the act.
Attacks
Over the past few months, ASP Mrs Tenge said, the police had received numerous reports from residents about criminal activities at Madina, Adentan and surrounding areas.
“The suspected criminals had turned the area into a crime zone and decided to terrorise the people,” she added.
Consequently, the Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Alex Mensah, sanctioned a swoop in the area and that led to the arrest of the 156 suspects, she explained.
ASP Mrs Tenge said the raid was carried out by a team from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Counter Terrorism and the Operation Unit of the Regional Police Command.
It was led by the Regional Operations Commander, Chief Superintendent Kwesi Ofori.
Asked what the police intended to do next, ASP Mrs Tenge said after the screening, those found to have committed the criminal acts would be made to face the law.
She called on residents who had been victims of robbery attacks in those areas to call at the Regional Police Headquarters and identify their attackers to help the police in their investigations.
Source: The Finder
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the Nigerians and the Liberians must be deported to their country to face the jail sentence
Dont be deceived. most of these guys share the same compound with the Police just behind Oman FM smoking wee in the full glare of the public and the Police and nothing gets done to them. for me, i only see this as someone trying to pretend to be relevant and throw dust into our eyes that they are doing something. Apart from that particular compound, they are surrounded by many Kiosk estate inhabited by these guys and you smell smoke from wee all around yet the police do nothing and people get robbed all the time there. Just walk around these place i have mentioned now and say for yourself if you trust this public stunt pretense by the police. As for me, i wont be deceived into thinking that the police are making anywhere around those places any safe for us. Take charge of your own security if you value your life and property.
Oh Bravo Bravoo Bravoooooo Ghana Police well done please Put it on board your next operation should bee at the KWAME NKRUMAH CIRCLE .More vim
Please u have done well but pls next time u should target Kwame Nkrumah circle
Many a time I do bore with the Ghana police service but this time I will say BRAVOOOOO and I will add that there is more room for improvement. Go high Ghana police
May God bless the Ghana police service for their good work will always support them
I really thank God this ***barred word*** have been arrested at long last. They usually do the phone or bag snatching at zongo junction. Currently, they've stolen my new phone named, HOT WAY COSMOS V9 and before that, they also took my SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 at the same junction. They usually pretend us if they are going to bore car if you and before you realize, they've pick you.please deal with the them for us.
I will say Bravo to the police team . This is what we ear expecting from them. Nice One Asp.... Keep it up...
WELL DONE GH POLICE. GOD BLESS U! I see no reason why someone should suffer and get something only for these criminals to stteeeaaal it in a minute. Arrest and prosecute them all.