The Police have arrested two men, suspected to be part of a gang of armed robbers who attacked the Upper Amenfi Rural Bank at Jukwa near Wassa Akropong on 27th June 2022.
The suspects, Tahiru Issaka alias Red and Yahuza Mohammed were arrested at hideouts in two different locations in the Ashanti region on 25 August 2022. One other person, who was shot during the operations and died later, was identified by the two suspects as Gafar Ziyech Abdul alias Stone, the leader of the gang.
These suspects and three other accomplices according to the Police attacked the bank on 27 June 2022, disarmed the security guard on duty, assaulted two of the bank staff and made away with an unspecified amount of money and a pump action gun.
The robbers also shot one other person who attempted to mount a roadblock to prevent them from escaping.
The Police said when the robbers realised they were being pursued by their officers, they set their vehicle ablaze and abandoned it hoping that would foil the Police tracking them.
The combined effort of the Western, Ashanti and the Bono East Regional Police Intelligence Directorates over an eight-week period led to the arrest of the suspects in the Ashanti region.
Two Wassa Akropong Bank Robbery Suspects Arrested
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