Reported crime cases in the Ho Municipal Area increased from 107 in June, to 159 in July this year. However, no armed robbery was recorded within the period. According to records at the Municipal Command of the Police, assault resulting from interpersonal misunderstanding and squabbles accounted for majority of the cases, recording 38 in June and 61 in July. Stealing rose from 34 in June to 37 in July with other categories of crime including fraud, causing damage, unlawful entry, causing harm, unlawful entry and offensive conduct, forgery recording less than 10 cases for both months. Threatening, however, rose from nine in June to 23 in July while there were no robbery cases in June but two in July. Detective Sergeant Joseph Nakoja, told the GNA that the police were on the heels of suspects who broke into the residence of a medical officer when he had been called for duty in the night. The thieves took away two mobile phones, two laptop computers, cash and other valuables totaling 460,000 Ghana Cedis or 46,000,000 Cedis. He said the police were also investigating another break-in and theft of a laptop at the residence of another Doctor at the medical village. Source: GNA