Ho, Jan. 28, GNA - The Volta Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police David Nenyi Ampah-Bennin, said on Friday that for th= e past six months the Ho Municipal area had not had any armed robbery. The region recorded 12 robberies in the fourth quarter of last year as against seven cases in the third quarter of the same year. Mr Ampah-Bennin told the GNA that highway robbery had reduced drastically and that efforts were being made to reduce all forms of robberies to the barest minimum.

"This year will be an action year for us against criminals, road traffic offenders and people who deal in illegal drugs," Mr Ampah-Bennin said. Mr Ampah-Bennin said police in the region were devising innovative way= s to combat crime and maintain peace for the region's accelerated developme= nt and called for support from the general public. "We thank the public for its support over the years but we need more= of such support especially information on criminals so we can arrest them," he said.