Police in Wenchi shoot suspected armed robber to loss of life

Police in Wenchi within the Bono Region, has gunned down a suspected armed robber within the early hours of Saturday December 28, on the Wenchi-Awisa stretch.

A dependable police supply who confirmed this informed the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview that the incident occurred round 0340 hours and the physique had since been deposited on the Wenchi Government Hospital mortuary.

The supply defined that the deceased was amongst a bunch of about 4 suspected armed robbers who had stormed the stretch, robbing passengers of a Sprinter and Yutong buses.

Luck nevertheless eluded them when the police evening patrol crew stumbled on the theft incident that occurred on the Awisa cemetery portion of the stretch, leading to change of firearms.

The remainder of the robbers managed to flee, however the police retrieved a domestically manufactured single barrel gun, a scholar bag containing two Itel cell phones, an influence financial institution, six ‘BB’ cartridges and undisclosed sums of cash.

All the passengers escaped unharmed, the supply indicated, saying, no arrest had since been made as police investigations continued.

Source: GNA