The Ashanti Regional Police Anti-Robbery Squad during an intelligence-led operation, on Wednesday, engaged a group of five robbers who had blocked the road from Abodom – Koniyaw, near Bekwai with wooden logs to rob some market women.

According to a press statement from the Police, two of them were shot, one was arrested and the remaining two, who might have sustained gunshot wounds, managed to escape and are being pursued.

Preliminary investigations, according to the police, have established that the gang of robbers, on Monday, 21 February 2022, blocked the road at Anwiankwanta and robbed passengers on board a Kumasi-bound VIP bus from Takoradi.

After subjecting the passengers to the harrowing experience, the robbers were reported to have then called on their victims to remember them in prayers.

Exhibits retrieved from the scene of Monday’s event include a Mazda mini bus with registration number AK 179-19, face masks, cutlasses, three pump-action guns loaded with AAA live ammunition and 30 spare AAA ammunitions.

The police commended the Ashanti regional police commander, DCOP/Mr Boakye Yiadom, and his team for their dedication to the fight against robbery.