Police in Wenchi in the Bono Region have gunned down a suspected armed robber in the early hours of Saturday, December 28, on the Wenchi-Awisa stretch.
A reliable police source confirmed to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview that the incident occurred around 3:40 a.m., and the body has since been taken to the mortuary at the Wenchi Government Hospital.
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 firearms.
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.
The source indicated that all the passengers escaped unhurt. However, no arrest had since been made as police investigations continues.
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