Police in Wenchi, Bono Region, fatally shot a suspected armed robber in the early hours of Saturday, December 28, along the Wenchi-Awisa road.
A reliable police source confirmed to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the incident occurred at approximately 3:40 a.m.
The suspect’s body has been deposited at the Wenchi Government Hospital mortuary for further procedures.
The source explained that the deceased was among a group of about four suspected armed robbers who had stormed the stretch, robbing passengers of a Sprinter and Yutong buses.
Luck however eluded them when the police night patrol team chanced on the robbery incident that occurred at the Awisa cemetery portion of the stretch, resulting in the exchange of fire.
The rest of the robbers managed to escape, but the police retrieved a locally manufactured single-barrel gun, a student bag containing two Itel mobile phones, a power bank, six ‘BB’ cartridges and undisclosed sums of money.
All the passengers escaped unhurt the source indicated, saying, no arrest had since been made as police investigations continued.
The rest of the robbers managed to escape, but the police retrieved a locally manufactured single-barrel gun, a student bag containing two Itel mobile phones, a power bank, six ‘BB’ cartridges and undisclosed sums of money.
All the passengers escaped unhurt the source indicated, saying, no arrest had since been made as police investigations continued.
