THE Brong Ahafo Regional Police Command has arrested 24 suspected criminals including a woman following a dawn swoop embarked upon by a team of police personnel around the Bosoma Market in the Sunyani Municipality.
The exercise, which was led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ASP) Martin Dafeamekpor, was part of a number of measures designed by the command to rid the municipality and its environs in particular and the region at large of suspected criminals.
According to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Charles Seth Oteng, who has just assumed office as the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Commander, the suspects were being screened and those found culpable would be prosecuted.
Briefing newsmen in Sunyani, he alleged that some of the arrested persons had in their possession cables suspected to be the property of the Ghana Telecom, roofing sheets, a gas cylinder, mobile phones, leaves suspected to be Cannabis (wee), torches, sound systems, bicycles, pairs of scissors and unspecified amount of money.
Mr Obeng stated that the action by the police was ‘‘just the beginning of many things to happen in Sunyani and its environs as well as the entire region as the general election and Christmas approach”.
He, therefore, appealed to the peace-loving general public and the media not to hesitate to volunteer information to the police about the nefarious activities of suspected criminals in their respective vicinities, to enable the police to act swiftly.
In another development, the Regional Police Commander has disclosed that the police has taken delivery of three brand new vehicles from the government for highway patrols in the region.
He said the police would focus their attention on the Techiman-Kintampo, Tanoso-Kumasi and the Yeji-Ejura main roads, which, he said, were prone to highway robberies.
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