Two Armed Robbers Shot, One Arrested And Two Others On The Run
On 2nd March 2022, the Ashanti Regional Police Anti-Robbery Squad during an intelligence-led operation, 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 statement said “Residents of the surrounding communities and medical facilities have been asked to be on the lookout for suspicious person and inform the Police for further actions.”
According to them preliminary investigations have established that this gang of robbers on Monday, February 21,2022, had blocked the road at Anwiankwanta and robbed passengers on board in a Takoradi-Kumasi bound VIP bus.
After subjecting the passengers to the harrowing experience, the robbers were to have then called on their victims to remember them in their prayers.
Police retrieved 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.
Read statement below:
