The police in the Ashanti Region have arrested one and shot two others following a robbery incident that occurred on 21 February 2022.
The Anti-Robbery Squad during an intelligence-led operation on 2 March 2022, engaged a group of five robbers who had blocked the road from Abodom – Koniyaw, near Bekwai with wooden logs to rob some market women.
The police in a statement said: “preliminary investigations establish that this gang of robbers on Monday, 21 February 2022, had blocked the road at Anwiankwanta and robbed passengers on board a Takoradi- Kumasi bound VIP bus. After subjecting the passengers to the harrowing experience, the robbers were reported to have then called on their victims to remember them in their prayers.”
“Exhibits retrieved from the scene of Monday’s events include a Mazda mini bus with registration number AK 179-19, face masks, cutlasses, three pump action guns all loaded with AAA live ammunitions and 30 spare AAA ammunitions”, the statement added.
Read full statement below:
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