Madina police arrest 21 suspects

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21-07-08

AS part of the ongoing exercise to rid the country of criminals, the Madina Police yesterday undertook a dawn swoop at the Madina Market area and arrested 21 people.
During the operation, young men aged between 18 and 25 were arrested.
Items retrieved included sniffing pipes, two bags of dried leaves said to be Indian hemp and a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine.
Chief Superintendent Paul Ayitey, who made this known to the Daily Graphic, said the Madina Market area was known to be a meeting point of criminals from where all their activities were planned.
He said at the time of the swoop at 5.00 a.m., some of the suspects were smoking Indian hemp and indicated that the police were determined to ensure absolute security in the area following the arrest of 47 others in a similar exercise last week.
He said 40 of those arrested early on had been granted bail, while the rest had been remanded, and appealed to the public to assist the police with information on the activities of criminals in their localities.
He assured the public that the identities of informants would not be disclosed.