Two suspected robbers have died in a police shootout
Two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a criminal gang operating around Mankranso in the Ashanti Region have been killed during a shootout with the police.
According to a report by graphiconline.com on October 21, 2025, the suspects sustained gunshot wounds during an intelligence-led operation by the Ashanti South Regional Police Command and were rushed to the Bekwai Municipal Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Their bodies have since been deposited at the hospital’s morgue for preservation and autopsy.
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The police said investigations are ongoing to arrest the remaining members of the gang and retrieve weapons believed to be in their possession.
Police intelligence had earlier linked one Osman Majid Abdul Sadik, alias ‘Cross’, to a series of robberies and killings in the Mankranso area.
Acting on a tip-off, the command identified three hideouts in Offinso in the Ashanti North Region, where the suspect and his accomplices were believed to be hiding.
An intelligence-led operation was launched, and a team of officers in four service vehicles simultaneously raided the identified locations.
At Offinso Anyankaso, one of the suspects reportedly fired at the police from his room and attempted to escape through the ceiling.
Officers returned fire, injuring two suspects who were later arrested.
“An intelligence-led operation was conducted and led three officers and other ranks to the area. The team, comprising four service vehicles (branded and unbranded), simultaneously raided the identified locations.
“At Offinso Anyankaso, the suspect fired a gunshot from his room and attempted to escape through the ceiling. The police tactically returned fire, and two suspects sustained gunshot injuries,” the police said.
A search of the premises uncovered a pump-action gun with six rounds of ammunition, a Smith & Wesson pistol, 50 rounds of 9mm ammunition, an unmarked pistol, two spent cartridges, three smart mobile phones, two keypad phones, mobile phone accessories, an Apple laptop, a machete, a smock, talisman, body armour, two pairs of long boots, a picture frame of the gang, a Ghana Card bearing the suspect’s photo, and GH¢2,680 in cash.
The suspects, identified as Abdul Sadik alias ‘Cross’, 25, and Abdulai Sadik, 20, reportedly confessed during interrogation.
‘Cross’ admitted to multiple robberies in the Manso area and claimed responsibility for the killing of three people at Mankranso.
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He also named other accomplices identified only as ‘Kingkong,’ ‘Roy,’ ‘Fii,’ ‘Raph,’ ‘Koboo,’ ‘Ali,’ and ‘Ike’ alleging that some of the gang’s weapons were kept at a mining site in Manso.
The police have assured that efforts are being intensified to apprehend the remaining suspects and bring them to justice.
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