522 Suspected Criminals Rounded Up After Police Swoops

522 Suspected Criminals Rounded Up After Police Swoops

 

 

A total of 522 suspected criminals have been picked up by the the Ashanti Regional Police Command. This was after the Police embarked on separate swoops in 44 of its districts in the past few weeks. Armed police officers raided some hideouts of criminals, destroyed and set them ablaze as part of a continuous pledge to rid the

 

region of criminal activities. As part of measures to rid the Ashanti Region of criminal elements, the 44 police districts within the region have embarked on a series of separate swoops within the past weeks, and we have been able to arrest 522 suspects. Some of the suspects are also assisting with the investigation, Police Public

 

 

Relations Officer, for the Ashanti Region, ASP Godwin Ahianyo said. Other suspects according to the police are being profiled for further actions, while those who will also be found culpable will be made to face the full rigours of the law. Several exhibits including substances suspected to be Indian Hemp, machetes, also pairs of

 

 

scissors, mobile phones and drinks suspected to be laced with marijuana among others were retrieved from the suspects. Those suspects who were found with the cannabis will be handed over to the drug enforcement unit and the exhibit also taken to the forensic lab for analysis. The Command will still advise the public to

 

 

come to the police with every information that they have so that we will also be able to fight crime together, ASP Ahianyo appealed. The Ashanti Region has in the past months  recorded violent crimes, some of which have resulted in the loss of lives, caused life-altering injuries to victims, and damage to property.