The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has shot and killed three suspected armed robbers to prevent a planned highway robbery along the Anwiankwanta–Obuasi Highway.
The suspects—Seidu Issah, Musah Yakubu, and Yahaya Munkaila (also known as Tijani)—were confronted by police on December 24, 2025, as they gathered in a bush near the Jacobu junction. The suspects opened fire on officers, who returned fire, fatally wounding the three. Two other suspects escaped.
Police recovered two pump action guns loaded with ammunition, one unbranded pistol, 25 live cartridges, and six spent cartridges at the scene. The suspects were taken to Bekwai Municipal Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
The suspects are linked to several armed robberies, including the Jacobu airport robbery on November 3, 2025, which resulted in the death of a security officer, as well as multiple highway robberies along the Manso stretch, the Antoakrom robbery, the Abofour forest robbery near Offinso, and an attack on a gold buyer at Anwiankwanta on December 8.
In a follow-up operation on December 26 at a palm plantation near Manso Nkwanta, police recovered one AK47 assault rifle, one MG3 rifle, one pump action gun, and one single barrel gun, along with ammunition and personal items believed to belong to the suspects.
Authorities are intensifying efforts to trace the origins of the weapons and apprehend accomplices still at large.
