(VIDEO) Obuasi Police Gun Down Robber, Another Arrested

The police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have killed an armed robber and arrested another in an operation on the Obuasi-Hia road in the Amansie Central District.

While the dead could not be identified, the one arrested is named Tony Nana Yaw Mensah, a 35-year-old.

Speaking to the media the Ashanti regional police PRO ASP Godwin Ahianyo said the police patrol team spotted the group of robbers attacking a Toyota Corolla private car with registration No AW 3404-14 at Hia.

He said the police made attempts to intervene, but the determined robbers started shooting sporadically.

Armed to the teeth, the police engaged the robbers in a gun battle which led to the death of one of the robbers, but the others fled.

A second suspect was, however, arrested after he showed up at the St Peter’s Catholic Hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds.

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