The Swedru Police have been without telephone lines for the past three weeks following the disconnection of their phone lines for indebtedness of 80 million cedis to Ghana Telecom.

Ghana Telecom sources said at Agona Swedru on Wednesday that between 1990 and 1994 Swedru Police had their unpaid telephone bills wiped off by officials of the company.

The sources said Ghana Telecom "now needs money to meet its expenditures and cannot afford to allow state organisations to accumulate bills".

The Swedru Divisional Commander Mr Ben Bedjinah, confirmed the disconnection of the lines, saying "we cannot therefore communicate outside".

Mr Bedjinah therefore appealed to Ghana Telecom "to bear with the police administration because the administration will soon pay the accumulated bills."