According to the Ghana Police Service the outfit has gunned down armed robbery suspect in the Upper East Region in a shootout on February 27, 2022.
According to reports this shootout occurred at the Nyariga Forest along the Bolgatanga-Nyariga road.
The statement from the police stressed that the police team while on patrols responded to intelligence gathered that armed robbers were attacking traders from Nyariga market. Upon getting to the said location, the team encountered three young men wielding pump-action guns.
The robbers then engaged the police in a shootout and one was gunned down in the process buto the two others managed to escape. The injured suspect was rushed to the Regional Hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival by medical officer.
Meanwhile his body has been deposited at the Regional Hospital morgue for preservation.
