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Three suspected members of an armed robbery network were killed during a police operation near Anwiankwanta in the Ashanti Region after officers intercepted what authorities describe as preparations for a highway attack.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command said the operation followed intelligence pointing to a gang connected to multiple violent robberies and killings across Manso, Jacobu, Anwiankwanta and nearby areas.
The suspects were said to have been positioning themselves along the Anwiankwanta–Obuasi Highway when police moved in on December 24, 2025.
Officers deployed in both marked and unmarked vehicles to a bush location close to Anwiankwanta, where about five armed men were sighted.
Police said the suspects fired at the team on contact and attempted to escape through the bush. Officers returned fire, leaving three of the suspects with gunshot injuries, while two others fled.
Weapons retrieved at the scene included two pump-action guns loaded with ammunition, an unbranded pistol, 25 live cartridges and six spent rounds.
The injured suspects were later identified as Seidu Issah, 29, Musah Yakubu, 35, and Yahaya Munkaila, also known as Tijani, 25. All three were taken to the Bekwai Municipal Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said the suspects admitted involvement in several robberies before they died, including an attack at the Jacobu airport on November 3, 2025, during which a security guard was killed.
They were also linked to highway robberies along the Manso stretch, an incident at Antoakrom, a robbery at Abofour Forest near Offinso in May, and the attack on a gold buyer at Anwiankwanta earlier this month.
Further information provided by the suspects led police to conduct a follow-up search on December 26 in a palm plantation near Manso Nkwanta. Officers uncovered a concealed trench containing an AK-47 rifle loaded with ammunition, an MG.3 rifle, a pump-action gun and a single-barrel firearm, along with clothing and footwear believed to be linked to the group.
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