Two Robbery Suspects Arrested in Ahafo Region; IGP Deploys Special Anti-Robbery Team to Pursue Fugitives
The Ahafo Regional Police Command has arrested two members of a robbery syndicate that launched coordinated attacks on multiple institutions at Nkasiem on 2nd December 2025.
According to police reports, the gang simultaneously targeted a gold buying company and a cocoa buying company, seized two police rifles, and attempted—unsuccessfully—to break into the vault of the Asutifi Rural Bank, all within the same vicinity.
The armed robbers, wielding pump-action guns, also shot and injured a civilian in the thigh during the operation. The victim received medical attention at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hwidiem and has since been treated and discharged.
Following a targeted intelligence-led operation, police arrested two of the suspects, while efforts are underway to track down the remain...