{"id":468783,"date":"2018-03-01T13:13:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T13:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/security-capo-blames-increase-in-crime-rate-on-foreigners\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T13:13:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T13:13:04","slug":"security-capo-blames-increase-in-crime-rate-on-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/security-capo-blames-increase-in-crime-rate-on-foreigners\/","title":{"rendered":"Security capo blames increase in crime rate on foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  1 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/52422790.295.jpg\" alt=\"Robbers Kill Mask\" title=\"Robbers Kill Mask\" width=\"295\" height=\"182\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The retired officer is urging government to deport all foreign criminals to curb the crime rate<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1519909984_61_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A former police officer has blamed the increased crime rate in the country on foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Michael Asamoah says majority of the armed robbers terrorizing citizens are criminals from Nigeria and other African countries deported from South Africa for similar crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of Rambo-style daylight robberies in Accra and Tema in the Greater Accra Region have left many living in fear and panic.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, February 27, 2018, armed robbers stormed Royal Motors, an automobile company in Accra, and made away with the company\u2019s sales in a stunning daylight robbery.<\/p>\n<p>The issue became murkier when on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 when gun-wielding armed robbers trailed a Lebanese man in his Toyoto Corolla vehicle and killed and bolted with his GH?200,000 he had withdrawn from the bank.<\/p>\n<p>This has generated public debate about the ability of police to protect lives and properties.<\/p>\n<p>But on Adom FM\u2019s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Thursday, Chief Inspector Asamoah said the increased crime rate is self-inflicted, noting that, the open border policy in Ghana has opened the floodgates for illegal foreign criminals to flood the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLapaz is now like a town in Nigeria and it is very frightening. Until the police conduct a swoop to nib the problem in the bud, we will continue to suffer\u201d, he bemoaned.<\/p>\n<p>The retired police officer revealed that the Ghana Immigration Service has no information on the, about, 10 million illegal foreigners in the country, a situation he described as deadly.<\/p>\n<p>The former police officer has therefore suggested that government deports these foreign criminals to curb the crime rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sitting on a time bomb if we will open our borders to such criminals\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Asamoah urged the various security agencies to coordinate their intelligence to nib the situation in the bud.<\/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><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Thursday, 1 March 2018 Source: adomonline.com 2018-03-01 The retired officer is urging government to deport all foreign criminals to curb the crime rate A former police officer has blamed the increased crime rate in the country on foreign nationals. 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