“Upon arriving at the suspected hideout near Anwiankwanta, officers spotted about five armed young men,” the report added. Police say the suspects opened fire upon seeing the officers and attempted to flee through the bush. The injured suspects were identified as Seidu Issah, aged 29, Musah Yakubu, aged 35 and Yahaya Munkaila, also known as Tijani, aged 25. Further confessions linked them to a robbery at Abofour Forest near Offinso on May 23, 2025, and the robbery of a gold buyer at Anwiankwanta on December 8, 2025. He claimed that some AK-47 assault rifles had been hidden in bushes at Manso and Obuasi.

Source: GhanaWeb December 27, 2025 14:06 UTC