The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has gunned down three suspected armed robbers to prevent a planned highway robbery along the Anwiankwanta–Obuasi Highway in the Ashanti Region.

The suspects, identified as Seidu Issah, Musah Yakubu, and Yahaya Munkaila, also known as Tijani, were gunned down on 24th December 2025 when they converged in a bush between Anwiankwanta and the Jacobu junction to carry out a planned operation.

The officers encountered the gang, came under gunfire, and returned fire, gunning down the three suspects while two others escaped.

Police retrieved two pump-action guns loaded with ammunition, one unbranded pistol, twenty-five live cartridges, and six spent cartridges from the scene. The suspects were rushed to Bekwai Municipal Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival, and their bodies were deposited at the hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.

The suspects are believed to be behind several robberies including the Jacobu airport robbery on 3rd November 2025, which led to the death of a security man, multiple highway robberies along the Manso stretch, the Antoakrom robbery, the Abofour forest robbery near Offinso, and the attack on a gold buyer at Anwiankwanta on 8th December 2025.

In a follow-up operation on 26th December 2025 at a palm plantation near Manso Nkwanta where the suspects usually hide rifles, police recovered one AK47 assault rifle, one MG3 rifle, one pump action gun, and one single-barreled gun, together with ammunition and personal items.

Strenuous efforts are underway to trace the sources of the weapons and arrest accomplices currently at large.