Mampong (Ash), April 3, GNA - The Police has appealed to residents o= f the Asante-Mampong area, to volunteer information to the Police to enable=

them to check crime in the area, especially the proliferation of small ar= ms. They expressed worry about increase in small arms and defilement ca= ses in Ejura-Sekyedumase District and Asante-Mampong Municipality. These were contained in a statement signed by Chief Superintendent Edwar= d Oduro-Kwateng, Asante-Mampong Divisional Police Commander. It appealed to people in possession of illegal firearms to surrend= er them to the Police and warned that offenders would be brought to justice. The statement said that the court had convicted some people arreste= d for possessing locally manufactured pistols and cited Kwame Kennedy, 24, and Simon Bukari, 23. It called on the public to assist the Police to arrest Yaw Gyekye, 6= 3, who allegedly defiled a 10-year old girl and was on admission at the Mamp= ong Government Hospital.