The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for three suspects believed to be part of a 12-member group that attacked a mining firm at Enchi in the Western North Region.

Already, nine persons have been arrested on Thursday, December 23, 2021 through intelligence gathered by the District Police Commander together with the Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Enchi District Police Command.

An amount of ¢4,500 was retrieved from the nine suspects who later admitted that the money was a share of the things stolen.

However, the police service has indicated that it is vigorously pursuing the remaining three suspects currently on the run to face prosecutions.

“The Police Administration commends the Enchi District Police Command for their swift response in arresting the robbery suspects. We are determined to flush out criminals within our communities for peace and security”, the police said in a statement.

According to Police reports, on Monday, December 20, 2021, suspects Sem Anthony and Kweku Larry accompanied by a Chinese national reported to the Enchi Police that a group of armed men had attacked and robbed them of their Black Pump action gun, an lnfinix Spark 5 mobile phone together with another mobile phone and an unspecified amount of money at the mining site.

After further investigations, the police established that suspects Kweku Larry, Tahiru Fatau and Sulley Adongo were security guards at the mining firm while Sem Anthony alias Attah, the driver of the miners, conspired and masterminded the robbery.