The dead robber and exibits
ONE SUSPECT has been shot dead after a fierce gun battle between suspected armed robbers and policemen at Abedwum, a suburb of Obuasi in Ashanti Region.
According to a statement by the Ashanti South Regional Police Command, police had information that a robbery attack was going on at Abedwum on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
The Obuasi Divisional Police Command quickly dispatched police officers to the crime scene to prevent the hoodlums, who were said to be heavily armed, from having a field day.
“On arrival at the scene, the suspected armed robbers entered into a nearby forest, amidst the firing of gunshots,” the police report, sighted by the DAILY GUIDE, noted.
It said “the police, with the determination of bringing the suspects to book, pursued them into the forest and engaged them in exchange of fire, leading to the killing one of the robbers.”
The police said a thorough search in the backpack of the deceased suspect revealed 14 rounds of live ammunitions and other items, adding that the remaining suspects escaped.
According to the police, they believed the suspects who escaped arrest may have suffered gunshot wounds, stressing, “The police are hereby entreating members of the public to report anyone with wounds or injuries, suspected to be sustained from gunshots to the nearest police station.”
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah, Kumasi