The suspected beggars
Nine persons suspected to be street beggars have been arrested by the police for causing damage and nuisance to vehicles and their drivers around some traffic intersections within Airport enclave and nearby areas.
The modus operandi of the suspects, according to the police, is to use metallic objects to scratch vehicles of drivers who refuse to give them money.
Some of the suspects, the police said, even cause harm to the drivers in the process.
The Airport Divisional Police Command is said to have received several complaints of their activities from their victims.
The Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Effia Tenge, who confirmed the arrest to DAILY GUIDE, said the Airport Divisional Commander, Chief Superintendent Bismark Agyapong, led a team of officers to conduct the arrest on June 23, 2021 at some main traffic intersections, within his jurisdiction.
She said the suspects who often beg for alms become aggressive when drivers and other road users fail to give them alms. They scratch vehicles of owners who do not give them money with metal objects, or even hurt them.
The suspects, she said, are between the ages of 18-30 years and were arrested around Shiashie, Standard Authority, N1 – Dzorwulu traffic light and Okponglo.
“They are currently in our custody and would be put before court for prosecution,” DSP Tenge stated.
By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey