Koforidua (Eastern Region) 27 July '99
The Eastern Regional Security Committee (REGSEC) has appealed to the Ministry of the Interior and the Ghana Police Service to consider mounting check-points on the country's roads in view of the upsurge in armed robbery.
According to the REGSEC, the removal of police barriers, especially those along the major routes leading to regional capitals, has enhanced the activities of armed robbers who are able to escape with their booty.
The REGSEC made the appeal at Koforidua on Monday during a visit to the Goil filling station, that was attacked by armed robbers who made away with eight million cedis on Friday evening.
The committee, led by the Eastern Regional Minister, Miss Patience Adow, its chairperson, inspected the shop where the money was snatched and ammunition shells found at the service station.
Miss Adow said the REGSEC will meet managers and owners of fuel stations in the region to determine security measures to provide the stations.
The Deputy Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, advised shop owners in the region to consider providing security safes in their shops.
The Regional Police Commander, Mr J. K. Mensah, said the police would continue to patrol the municipality to check robbery and other criminal activities.