Accra, May 25, – Nine hundred and
sixty eight (968) related robbery cases were recorded in the first quarter of
2018 across the country, ACP Joseph Oklu Gyamera, the Director General at the
Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service, has said.
Out of the number, armed robbery
took 484 cases, street robbery recorded 172, residential robbery had 124 cases,
work place robbery recorded 95, while highway robbery constituted 49 cases.
Speaking at a press briefing on
Thursday on the Police operations for the first quarter of 2018, ACP Gyamera
said out of the 484 cases of armed robbery recorded from January to May 2018,
the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions had the highest number of 191 and 123
cases respectively.
Touching on street robbery, ACP
Gyamera said Greater Accra and Ashanti regions recorded the highest number of
78 and 48 cases respectively, while Upper West recorded the least number of one
case.
ACP Gyamera said out of the 124
cases of residential robberies, 30 were recorded in January, 22 in February, 24
in March, 25 in April and 23 in May, of which Greater Accra and Ashanti regions
led with the highest number.
He said on the aggregate, 2018
recorded the highest number of robbery against the previous years over the same
period of time, adding that from the regional point of view, it was clear that
records of robbery was highly skewed towards Accra and Ashanti regions.
ACP Gyamera said it had been
observed that the high record of robberies in recent times may be due to
effective and efficient means of reporting crime by the adoption of
contemporary and more efficient technology.
Touching on defilement, ACP
Gyamera said a total of 82 cases were recorded in the first quarter of 2018, of
which Accra had the highest number of 30 cases, followed by Eastern with 25,
while five regions; Tema, Central, Volta, Northern and Upper West did not
record any cases of defilement.
He said rape cases in the quarter
recorded 41, with Eastern Region leading with 16, followed by Accra with 13,
while Volta and Brong Ahafo recorded no cases.
On murder cases, ACP Gyamera said
129 cases were recorded, of which Ashanti Region led with 29, followed by Accra
with 21, and Upper West and Northern regions having the least number of two.
However, 80 narcotic cases were
recorded in the first quarter, where Accra and Ashanti led the number of
regions with 19 apiece, while the Northern and the Upper West regions recorded
no cases.
He posited that the slight increase
in the 2018 figures was mainly due to the intermittent release of prisoners
either due to lack of substantive evidence to prosecute them.
ACP Gyamera said the Police
Service, as part of its proactive measures to combat crime, would establish a
Crime Intelligence Unit in all the regions and would continue to ensure that
the incidence of crime was brought to its lowest ebb.
GNA
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