{"id":468476,"date":"2018-02-28T16:07:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/robberies-were-in-control-of-crime-fight-interior-minister\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T16:07:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:07:04","slug":"robberies-were-in-control-of-crime-fight-interior-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/robberies-were-in-control-of-crime-fight-interior-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Robberies: We\u2019re in control of crime fight \u2013 Interior Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/37844185.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ambrose Dery Bole\" title=\"Ambrose Dery Bole\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Interior Minister Ambrose Dery<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519834024_323_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has said the State is in full control of the country\u2019s security, despite concerns about the increasing spate of armed robbery in the country.<\/p>\n<p>His comment comes on the back of the daylight robbery at the Royal Motors in Accra Tuesday. The incident joins the rising spate of brazen robberies in Ghana.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSo far, close to 40 incidents of robberies have occurred in the country since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are containing the situation very effectively,\u201d the Interior Minister told Starr News\u2019 Parliamentary Correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan Wednesday.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHe said despite the change of strategy by the armed robbers in their recent operations \u201cthe police haven\u2019t lost control at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting specifically on the horrific daylight robbery at the Industrial area, Mr. Dery said that if the police were to be having a helicopter they would have gotten an air-cover and effectively trail the culprits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we do not want people to think is that [because] this happened yesterday, [Tuesday February 27] it looked like we lost control\u2026we haven\u2019t lost control. You have to manage the situation in such a way that you will get the criminals without collateral damage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, the Director of Operations of the Police Service COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has assured that personnel of the Service are willing and ready to lay down their lives in order to stop robberies in Accra and other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, due to the retooling of the service by the government, the Police have no excuse to fail.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/kMQa1DRr-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would do everything even if it means putting our lives on the line to make these criminals very uncomfortable. If ensuring there is security means we lose our lives as police officers, we\u2019ll allow that to ensure all citizens are safe. We are doing all we can to ensure that the good people of this country have their peace of mind and are safe.<\/p>\n<p>As for the robbers, they should watch out. Government has committed 800 million to retool the Police Service and we have no reason not to deliver, we\u2019ll become number one in Africa looking at the governments commitment,\u201d he said on Morning Starr Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/wNdRU6lg-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/EvFo19Kp-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 48 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2018-02-28 Interior Minister Ambrose Dery The Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has said the State is in full control of the country\u2019s security, despite concerns about the increasing spate of armed robbery in the country. 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