A/R: Police gun down two robbers as four escape

The Anti-Robbery Task Force in the Ashanti Region shot two suspected armed robbers who attempted to steal from a gold dealer on September 24, Acting Director-General of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, has revealed.

The two armed robbers who sustained gunshot wounds died on arrival at a hospital.

Another suspect linked to the same crime, Abraham Kwasi Tetteh, has been arrested while four others are on the run.

The police said the gang attempted to rob a gold dealer at Manso Dawusaso in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region and acted based on intelligence.

“Members of the gang forcibly invaded the residence of the gold dealer in the hours of 2100 (at about 9pm), disarmed the private security guard and fired shots,” ACP Ofori explained. “At this stage, a police combat team that had mounted 24-hour surveillance on the gang, returned fire to protect the innocent lives in and around the property”.

The police noted that one of the deceased robbers, known as Lukeman, had been granted bail by the Dunkwa Circuit Court at an earlier appearance and scheduled to reappear on October 27, 2021, for allegedly robbing passengers on the Dunkwa-Ayanfuri highway.

A manhunt is underway to track and arrest the four that escaped. A shotgun, pistol, and a taxicab were taken into police custody following the operation.

The police have, therefore, called on the public to volunteer information, leading to the arrest of the four suspects who are believed to have sustained gunshot wounds.

Also, health facilities in and around the Amansie South District have been requested to immediately report the presence of any individual or a group of people who attend their facilities with gunshot wounds.

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