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Police set up task force on armed robbery

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    Ghana’s police authorities have deployed a 500-member task force to curb armed robberies in Accra, which are now being carried out in broad daylight, news organisations reported. The force has been instructed to deal “most ruthlessly” with the armed robbers, a senior police officer in Accra, Superintendent F. Adu-Poku, was reported as saying by Joy FM radio and the ‘Daily Graphic’ newspaper. Such robberies have been linked to factors such as the proliferation of small arms in Ghana and other West African nations.

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