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“The war is on” - Ashanti police, military move against robbers
Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 18 April 2002 - An elaborate security mechanism has been fashioned out by the security in Ashanti to contain the rising crime-wave, especially armed robbery, in the Kumasi metropolis in particular and the region as a whole.
As part of the mechanism, the police and the military are undertaking joint operations, including day and night patrols in some strategic areas of the metropolis. Mr George Asiamah, Ashanti Regional Police Commander disclosed this to the ‘Times’ in Kumasi. Last Monday, Constable Godwin Twumasi of the Police Buffalo Unit died in a shoot-out between some policemen and a gang of armed robbers at Sape-Akyawkrom near Jachie on the Kumasi-Lake Bosomtwe road.
Mr Asiamah said: “We will not rest. We will continue to chase these notorious armed robbers and match them boot for boot until they give up or are eliminated”. The Regional Police Commander commended members of the public for their wonderful support so far in terms of volunteering information on suspected criminals and assured that the identity of informants would be protected.
Touching on the raid on the warehouse of Kimemcon Company Limited, dealers in locally produced rice and maize, at the Kaase Industrial Area in Kumasi which resulted in the death of a policeman and five suspected armed robbers in a shoot-out, Mr Asiamah said a number of suspects have been arrested.
The suspects, he said were currently being vigorously interrogated. Mr Asiamah dismissed rumours that the five dead robbers were nationals of a West African country. “They have all been identified as Ghanaians”, the Regional Police Commander said.
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