{"id":468547,"date":"2018-02-28T21:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/were-in-control-of-robberies-interior-minister-declares\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T21:24:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:24:01","slug":"were-in-control-of-robberies-interior-minister-declares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/were-in-control-of-robberies-interior-minister-declares\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re in control of robberies \u2013 Interior Minister declares"},"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>3news.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\/2018\/01\/25693478.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ambrose Dery98\" title=\"Ambrose Dery98\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>While Mr. Dery admits there have been upsurge in armed robberies, he said the Police have not lost c<\/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\/1519853041_297_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has rejected criticisms of security failure in Ghana, stating the security agencies are in full control of affairs despite the recent upsurge in criminal activities, especially armed robberies.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the recent spate of armed robbery attacks in the country, particularly in Accra as \u201cregrettable\u201d, Mr. Dery assured Ghanaians that the Police are on the beat following up on leads..<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Clearly, we haven\u2019t lost control at all; what we\u2019re doing is making sure that we follow the leads\u201d, he told 3FM\u2019s Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah Wednesday on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 28th February Christiansburg crossroads in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>There have been spontaneous criminal activities, mostly armed robbery, across the country since January this year leading to some deaths; a situation that has put many Ghanaians in fear.<\/p>\n<p>Over 20 forex bureau and mobile money operators have in the last two months been robbed in Accra and Tema alone.<\/p>\n<p>Again, some armed men on Tuesday, February 27 stormed a motorcycle dealer shop at the North Industrial Area in Accra amidst firing of gunshots and managed to escape with unspecified amount by switching vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s incident has caused the public to criticize Ghana Police.<\/p>\n<p>Though Mr. Dery admitted there have been an upsurge of crimes in the country in recent times, he maintained the security personnel are in control of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last 10 days, there appears to be an upsurge of a different kind of armed robbery not because it is not armed robbery but its targets are different. What we had in the beginning when we set off was armed robbery on highways and domestic homes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he observed the approach has changed as the robbers were now targeting businesses, including mobile money and forex bureau operators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019ve seen in the last 10 days there has been an upsurge of money joints and then yesterday there was that day time activity\u201d, he noted.<\/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><b><\/b>Arrests<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Police in a statement Tuesday assured Ghanaians they have intensified patrols in areas identified as robbery prone in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to assure the public that police is at the heels of these robbers whilst deploying men and resources to protect lives and property,\u201d it said<\/p>\n<p>It also announced that two people have been arrested by the Police in connection with Tuesday\u2019s robbery in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Police, the two are assisting in investigations that could lead to more arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, nine others have so far been arrested in connection with the forex bureau and mobile money transfer robberies in Accra.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: 3 --><\/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: 3news.com 2018-02-28 While Mr. Dery admits there have been upsurge in armed robberies, he said the Police have not lost c Interior Minister Ambrose Dery has rejected criticisms of security failure in Ghana, stating the security agencies are in full control of affairs despite the recent upsurge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":459242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}