The police have killed two suspected armed robbers and retrieved a large cache of ammunition from suspected criminals at Ntoaso, near Nsawam, in the Eastern Region, during a special operation.
The weapons include 2,882 rounds of ammunition, BB cartridges, a locally manufactured pistol, one AK 47 Assault rifle, a MI6 rifle, a pump action, a shotgun and 840 rounds of MI6 ammunition.
Among the other items retrieved were knives, a sword, a claw bar, a military camouflage uniform and a machete.
Commissioner of Police Isaac Ken Yeboah, the director general of the criminal investigation department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, announced this at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday.
He said the police received information that arms and ammunitions had been concealed by a gang of armed robbers at Ntoaso
COP Yeboah said a team from the National Operations Directorate surveillance unit and three other combat patrol teams were dispatched to the location to retrieve the weapons.
He said the suspected robbers took to their heels on seeing the police.
“The team began a search at the premises and in the process one of the suspected robbers (yet to be identified) who was hiding in a nearby room opened fire on the police and hit the hand of one of the officers, injuring his two fingers in the process.”
COP Yeboah said the police responded and gunned down the suspected robber and arrested another man.
He explained that while the police were on their way to the National Police Headquarters, one other suspected robber attempted to snatch the weapon in the possession of the police, resulting in a struggle. The gun went off, killing the robber instantly.
COP Yeboah said the injured robber was taken to the Police Hospital in Accra for treatment and that the bodies of both men have been sent to the morgue of the same hospital.
COP Yeboah said investigations are under way to find the other suspects.
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