By
Gifty Amofa, GNA
Accra, Feb. 18, GNA
– The Accra Regional Police Command has issued a warning to so-called land
guards to look for something gainful to do or else, they would have the police
to contend with.
This was after the
arrest of a 31-year-old Solomon Odoi believed to be terrorizing residents and
land developers of Abokobi and its environs.
Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP) Afia Tenge, Head of the Public Affairs Unit
(PAU) of the region, who gave the warning, described the situation as a
worrying trend and said not only did Odoi terrorized his victims in the day but
also robbed them in the night.
DSP Tenge said Odoi
had been on the Tesano Police’s wanted list for some time now until his arrest
on last Friday.
Briefing the press
in Accra on Tuesday, DSP Tenge said his financier, one Alhaji Sani was also
arrested last Saturday, a day after Odoi’s arrest.
She said police upon
the arrest of Odoi retrieved some dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, four
pistols, jack knives, machetes, seven cellular phones, a brand new Suzuki
motorbike, a quantity of ammunitions, among others.
The PRO said Alhaji
Sani had employed him to carry out land guard activities and other violent
crimes through which he disturbed, attacked and robbed others in the environs.
In another
development, the Baatsona Divisional Police Command has arrested eight persons
including two foreigners namely John Suka, 19, at Klagon, with 58 wraps of
Cannabis Sativa and Razak Musah with 89 wraps of same suspected substance.
DSP Tenge said 66
suspected criminals have also been arrested at Madina.
She said these
suspects would be screened and those found culpable would be made to face the
law.
GNA