About 34 suspected criminals including a young woman have been seized by the Ashanti police anti-robbery squad in a special operation carried out in Kumasi.

The suspects were arrested at Asafo, Atonsu, Bantama and Race Course.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwaku Osei Ampofo-Duku, the Deputy Regional Commander, told journalists that this was part of the effort to keep the city calm ahead of the coming election.

He said they would continue to act firmly to make things uncomfortable for those who had chosen to live outside the law.

He asked miscreants to reform in their own interest or face the full force of the law.

ACP Ampofo-Duku said the arrested suspects would be screened and those found to have been involved in any crime prosecuted.

He called for strong public support by way of useful leads to track down and arrest criminals out there.

Separately, three teenagers said to be terrorizing people in Tafo-Adonpom have also been nabbed by the police in Tafo-Pankrono.

They were seen together with nine others on the run, carrying offensive implements – cutlasses and broken bottles.

The police have launched a massive manhunt to arrest their fugitive colleagues.