A member of a robbery gang was gunned down during a shootout with police personnel, the Police said on Saturday as it confirms two of the armed gang were arrested.
The incident occurred on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at about 7:30am, following reports that the robbers were attacking some miners at Oseikrom, a community near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.
Police officers who were responding to the distress call had an encounter with the robbers who started firing at the team while approaching the crime scene.
The police also returned fire leading to the death of one of them while the rest fled the scene.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kwasi Ofori, Director of Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, confirmed to the Ghanaian Times, that two suspects; Richard Nkrumah also known as Paa Yaw and Alex Appiah-Ameley, were also arrested at about 12 noon the same day, following an intelligence-led operation.
“During interrogation, the suspects mentioned one Emmanuel also known as Awoloh, a driver of the miners, as the mastermind of the robbery operation,” the Police revealed adding: “Strenuous intelligence and operational efforts later led to the arrest of Emmanuel.”
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Obuasi Government Hospital for preservation and identification.
He stressed the resolve of the police to weed out armed groups in the communities to ensure socio-economic activities are carried out in a peaceful and safe environment.
FROM KINGSLEY E.HOPE, KUMASI
