Crime & Punishment of Sunday, 6 May 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgTema regional police to combat crime with drones'The drones will also aid in apprehending bad nuts in the institution,' DCOP AsomahThe Tema Regional Police Commander has hinted on the use of drone technology to detect and combat crime as part of his efforts to make the region safe. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Nana Hinneh Asomah says he has personally acquired a drone which is being configured at the National Police headquarters to commence the business of providing security to the region. He made this known on Friday when he briefed the press on the arrest of some suspected criminals during a swoop on Tulaku in Ashaiman, and how drones would aid in such activities. DCOP Asomah told of a police swoop on Tulaku a community in Ashaiman upon intelligence that criminal activities were going on there. He informed that based on the exercise which was led by the Deputy Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Boadu Pepra, the police arrested nine persons who were “currently in our custody while we screen them, and at the end of the screening we will send those found culpable to court.”He said the Police retrieved compressed substances suspected to be cannabis, a lot of double-edged knives, mobile phones among other items.

Source: GhanaWeb May 06, 2018 14:26 UTC