15 suspected drug dealers nabbed

THE Police yesterday announced the arrest of 15 suspected drug dealers in their various hideouts in Accra and vowed to carry out President Mills’s promise to curb all forms of crime.
Quantities of substances suspected to be cocaine and Indian hemp were also seized in the operation launched by the Inspector General of Police, Mr P. K. Acheampong, to deal with crimes in the country.
The arrests followed a meeting of the top hierarchy of the Police Administration and regional, divisional and unit commanders on Thursday, January 23, 2009.
At the meeting, the IGP charged all regional, divisional and unit commanders to intensify day and night patrols and engage in snap checks and other intelligence related methods of combating crime.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Director of Police Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police Kwesi Ofori, said to ensure efficiency in their operations they had to revise their operational strategy and inject dynamism into it.
“To fight this menace, all the commanders had to conduct intelligence-led operations in their areas of jurisdiction, and as much as possible try to earn public support in their activities”, he disclosed, and cited some of the areas where arrests were made as, Avenor, Adabraka, Kwame Nkrumah Circle and Alajo.
DSP Ofori said the exercise would continue until violence and drug related crimes were reduced to the barest minimum.
He said the seized drugs would be sent to the Police Forensic Laboratory for examination and pointed out that those arrested would be investigated and put before court after appropriate charges had been preferred against them.
He also appealed to members of the general public with information that can assist the police to arrest hardened criminals and wanted persons to call the Police Information Room on 021-773906 or 021-773900.
Other contacts in parts of Accra, are Accra-West- 021-303638, Darkuman- 021-221131; Korle-Bu- 021-664 249, Tesano-021-228111, Airport- 500975, Kwabenya -021-402999 and Tema Regional Information Room- 022-202936 or 022-202855.