A special intelligence team of the Ghana Police Service has dismantled a robbery gang responsible for a series of violent attacks in the Upper East Region following an intelligence-led operation on 29 April 2026.
Four suspects, Awudu Kasim, Malik Baako, Mohammed Amidu and Wadud Abdul, were arrested at their hideout at Zuarungu.
Get more exclusive breaking news updates on our WhatsApp channel .
A search at the location led to the retrieval of a G3 rifle loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition concealed in the storage compartment of a motorbike robbed from a victim by suspect Samsudeen Mohammed and an accomplice identified as “DJ”, who is at large. Police also retrieved seven motorbikes believed to be stolen.
During interrogation, the suspects admitted involvement in multiple robbery attacks across the region, including an attack on 4 February 2026 along the Zuarungu–Kongo road in which a bus driver, Ussif Abdul Razak, sustained gunshot injuries and lost three fingers, and a separate attack on a cargo truck driver, Mohammed Ibrahim, on the same stretch.
They also admitted to a robbery at the Kejetia mining site at Gbane on 28 March 2026, where a miner, Atani Mark, was robbed of cash and gold, as well as other incidents.
Two suspects, Samsudeen Mohammed and Seidu Safianu, sustained gunshot injuries during the operation and died. Their bodies have been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
The four suspects are in custody assisting investigations, while efforts are ongoing to arrest other accomplices, including “DJ”.
The Ghana Police Service said all those at large will be arrested to face the law.
