The Central Regional police command has arrested 7 suspected criminals who it claims have been terrorising resident of towns within the region.

The suspects have been arrested simultaneously by the police in a special exercise dubbed operation ‘Hit-Hard’.

They were arrested in Cape Coast, Kasoa and Winneba.

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According to Graphic Online, the police said the strategy driving the Operation ‘Hit-Hard’ is to profile all criminals, particularly armed robbers, to obtain their bio data and also gather intelligence about their places of abode and places of work.

Addressing the media in relation to the arrests, the Winneba Crime Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rev. John Agbemabiese, gave the names of the suspects arrested at Winneba as Godwin Ameka, Prince Owusu, Kweku Kanjanga Amoako, a phone dealer, and Benjamin Awusi, a labourer.

The rest were Baba Gariba, who was arrested for stealing goats in Cape Coast, Albert Togbah and Eric Sackey who were arrested at Kasoa for the possession of a powdery substance suspected to be narcotic drugs.

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The Central Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP) Rev. David Ampah-Bennin, said the special operation is geared towards identifying the modus operandi of criminals and their hideouts prior to the Christmas and new year festivities.