Police officers of the Jacobu District Police Command have gunned down one suspected robber on Tuesday May 11.
The police also arrested three other suspects on the Obuasi-Anwiankwanta stretch of road in the Ashanti Region.
Jacobu District Police commander, Superintendent Abdulai Iddrisu who confirmed the incident said; “At about 2:am during our usual patrols, we chanced on the suspects, they thought we were ordinary civilians, after they saw the police car they opened fire so we had to react, in the course of the fire exchanges we were able to gun down one and subsequently arrested the other three suspects.”
The three are currently in police custody assisting in investigations.
The Obuasi enclave is noted to be a flashpoint for criminal activities, similar robbery incident happened within the same area after armed robbers ambushed a bullion van and made away with thousands of cedis and also killed a police officer.
SOURCE: Gossips24
