34 Drug peddlers arrested in Nima

THE Nima police, in a joint operation with neighbourhood watch committees in Nima and Maamobi, have arrested 34 suspected drug peddlers and users.
Quantities of substances believed to be Indian hemp were retrieved from the suspects who were arrested in areas, such as the Nima Roundabout, Kanda Highway, Maamobi and Pig Farm at the weekend.
The Nima Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Andrew Awuni, told the Daily Graphic that the suspects would be screened and the guilty would be arraigned before court .
Meanwhile, the Nima police have arrested about 35 mobile phone hawkers at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
The exercise was part of efforts to carry out the President’s promise of reducing armed robbery in his first 100 days in office .
ACP Awuni said some miscreants in Nima believed the change in government was an opportunity for them to misbehave and had been threatening the neighbourhood watch Committees.
“A change in government does not mean time to misbehave”, he warned, pointing out that those found to have threatened any member of the watch committees would also face prosecution.
Presently, he said, the crime rate in Nima, considered to be a high crime area, had reduced to about 50 per cent, noting that unlike previously when one could not walk without being in fear, residents could now move freely about even at night.
He commended the two watch committees for being relentless in their effort to support the police in reducing the crime rate in Nima and its surrounding communities.
"We would entreat all neighbourhood watch committees across the country to assist the police in fighting crime in their neighbourhoods", he said, and appealed to the general public not to hesitate to give the police to to enhance their work.
The exercise, he pointed out, would not end till the crime rate in the country had been totally minimised.