POLICE FIGHT CAR SNATCHERS

THE ASHANTI Regional Police Command has declared war against car snatching and other violent crimes in the region, and has vowed to increase road patrols and check points at vantage points in the region.

According to ASP Godwin Ahianyo, the Ashanti Regional Police PRO, cases of car snatching and robbery are on the increase in the region lately, and assured that the regional command had what it takes to fight crime in the region.

“The complaints about car snatching in the region have been on the increase during the last two weeks”, he bemoaned, adding that while the hoodlums usually feign interest in buying unregistered cars but end up stealing them, others snatch the cars from the owners at gun point.

“Many car snatchers were in the past were arrested by the police and sentenced into prison, but they have started again and the police will do everything possible to arrest those behind it to help stop the menace”, he concluded.