The Police, through an intelligence-led operation on July 17, 2022, have arrested six suspects who are part of a gang of robbers terrorising people in the region.
The suspects , Issa Mohammed alias Baba/ Container Money, Reagan Kwaku Boakye alias Baby Face, Kwaku Boateng alias Star Boy, Elija Osei and Gyimah Sadique, were said to be operating within the region and beyond but were arrested at their hideouts within the Techiman Municipality.
When a search was conducted on them during the arrest, the police recovered a locally made pistol with four live AAA cartridges, one toy pistol, two motorbikes, one cutlass, one hammer and three pairs of scissors. Other items retrieved from them includes one flashlight, one cutter, one pepper spray and 22 assorted mobile phones believed to belong to victims of their operations.
Also an amount of Fifty Euros (€ 50) and an amount of Two Thousand, Five Hundred Cedis (GH₵ 2,500.00) were also retrieved from them.
A victim, who was robbed on July 17, 2022, at Nkwaeso on Sunyani Road has identified one of the suspects, Issa Mohammed, to be among the people who robbed him. The victim also identified iPhone 11 pro max among the phones retrieved from the gang.
The suspects, upon further interrogations, admitted their involvement in a series of both residential and highway robberies within the region and beyond.
The police have reassured the public that they are determined to fight crime and weed out criminal elements in our society.
Below are pictures of the gang
