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Sixteen suspected criminals were arrested by a team led by the Ashaiman Divisional Police Command last Friday night during a swoop at Ashaiman and its environs. The suspects, who arrested at Bediako near Michel Camp, Oyibi, Dodowa, Ayikuma and Ashaiman, were said to be drug dealers, land guards and armed robbers, among others. Baba Ali, 51, driver, Robert Gbor and Eva Gbor, cement block moulders, were said to have been arrested at Bediako, near Michel Camp with 12 slaps of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp also known as �wee�. Emmanuel Adjei-Adjetey had a wrapper of suspected wee when he was arrested by the police team at Ayensu Estate, Oyibi in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. Fati Gariba, 45, unemployed, John Adinortey, 18, Junior High School (JHS) student, Francis Amanya, 27, driver, Michael Tawiah A.K.A Mahama, 21, Asana Mohammed, 20, trader and a certain Fusena were apprehended at Ayikuma near Dodowa for possessing dried leaves suspected to be marijuana, a pair of scissors. The other suspects, Mawulolo Afeka, 29, carpenter, Mohammed Musah, 28, Adeku Awuni Mustapha, 19, driver�s mate, Kobina Collins, 17, Mechanic Apprentice, were arrested in uncompleted building at Ashaiman Lebanon Lorry Station with 105 wrappers of suspected narcotic substances. Two suspects, Awudu Alhassan, 20, and Patrick Golo, 23, were noted to have been arrested by the Divisional Night Patrol Team in connection with some robbery cases. Chief Superintendent David Eklu, Ashaiman Divisional Police Commander told DAILY GUIDE that 50 police personnel including seven senior officers from the Divisional Headquarters, Ashaiman and Dodowa District conducted the blistering six-hour exercise. According to him, the suspects had been placed in police custody pending an identification parade scheduled to be conducted on May 21, 2013 to assist police investigations. He appealed to the public to help identify the suspects to expedite their prosecution in court. Chief Superintendent Eklu assured the residents of police protection tin the discharge of their duties. Other items retrieved from the suspects included 30 mobile phones and a desktop computer believed to have been stolen from innocent victims.