Cape Coast: Police retrieve 24 scissors from robbers

The Central Regional Police Command has retrieved 24 scissors from five suspected armed robbers who were arrested on Wednesday in Cape Coast as part of a "war" on criminal activities in the region.

The five, including Mohammed Mustapha, 53, Emmanuel Amoah, 21, Ekow Bentil, 18, Agbovie Mensah, 22, and Ekow Ewusie, 21, were arrested during a special operation conducted by the police at Nstin, a suburb of Cape Coast.

The Central Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Reverend David Ampah Benin, who confirmed the incident, said the swoop was part of activities to make the region unattractive to criminals.

He explained that other suspects, however, jumped into the sea and swam to safety.

He said items retrieved from the suspects included 24 scissors, 10 knives, a hammer, crow bar, chisel, tape recorder, television, instruments used to administer narcotic drugs, 6 lighters and 27 CDs.

DCOP Ampah Benin said the police also found a taxi cab with registration number, GT 5383-12, suspected to have been used by the suspects to steal goats.

In addition, he explained, the police burnt all the wooden structures erected by the suspects at their hideouts and that the suspects have been detained for further investigations.