The Police have arrested two men suspected to be part of a gang of armed robbers who attacked the Upper Amenfi Rural bank.

The suspects, Tahiru Issaka alias Red and Yahooza Mohammed were arrested at their hideouts in two different locations in the Ashanti region on 25th August 2022, the Police said in a statement.

A third person is believed to have been shot by the Police and died on the spot.

The armed robbery took place at Upper Amenfi Rural Bank at Jukwa on June 27, 2022.

These suspects and three other accomplices attacked the bank on 27 June 2022, disarmed the security guard on duty, assaulted two of the bank staff and made away with an unspecified amount of money and a pump action gun.

The robbers also shot one other person who attempted to mount a roadblock to prevent them from escaping.

When the robbers realized they were being pursued by the police, they set their vehicle ablaze and abandoned it hoping that would foil the police tracking them.

The combined effort of the Western, Ashanti and the Bono East Regional Police Intelligence Directorates over an eight-week period has led to the arrest of the suspects in the Ashanti Region.

The Police have so far retrieved four vehicles including the one that was set ablaze and a motorbike abandoned by the robbers, two pistols and a quantity of ammunition.

We wish to commend the intelligence officers in the Western, Ashanti and Bono East Regions for their hard work and collaborative efforts which led to the breakthrough in the investigations toward solving the case.

The two suspects are currently in custody and the pursuit of the other accomplices continues.