{"id":263279,"date":"2024-12-09T07:26:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/09\/police-arrest-12-for-looting-causing-damage\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T07:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T07:26:18","slug":"police-arrest-12-for-looting-causing-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/09\/police-arrest-12-for-looting-causing-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 12 for looting, causing damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0The Police Service has arrested 12 suspects for looting and causing damage to property in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary investigations by the service, the suspects attacked and caused damage to some state property, including the setting ablaze of the Electoral Commission (EC) Office in Damango in the Savannah Region.<\/p>\n<p>Briefing journalists about the incident in Accra yesterday, the Director of Public Affairs of the Police Service, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Grace Ansah-Akrofi, said the fire had caused damage to some residences of District Chief Exec\u00adutives (DCEs) and vandalised some coalition centres in some parts of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, she said that some of the suspects broke into the School Feeding Programme ware\u00adhouse in Tamale and made away with some items, including food stuffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootages of the attacks, vandalism and looting have been obtained and are being reviewed by a team of investigators to get the perpetrators arrest\u00aded to face justice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>ACP Ansah-Akrofi said that evidence of the incident had been acquired and expressed optimism that the perpetrators would face justice, as investiga\u00adtions were being conducted by the service.<\/p>\n<p>ACP Ansah-Akrofi urged the general public to contact the police on the police\u2019s toll free number, 0800311311, whenever there was any information they wanted to share with the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur officers are ready behind all the telephones, and we\u2019ll be picking and responding to situations as they share information with us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Public Affairs further urged the public to have trust in the police service through the electoral period, adding that the police had deployed officers to key locations across the country to main\u00adtain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the general public to remain calm, as police officers have been deployed to key locations with intensified patrols to maintain law and order.<\/p>\n<p>ACP Ansah-Akrofi further assured that safety of the citizenry would be addressed and the service was committed to ensuring that safety prevailed, before and after the elections<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0BY AGNES OWUSU<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Police Service has arrested 12 suspects for looting and causing damage to property in some parts of the country. 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