Police arrest 10 suspects linked to rural bank robberies

The Ghana Police Service has arrested ten suspects believed to be members of a criminal syndicate responsible for a string of armed robberies on financial institutions, particularly rural banks, across several regions.

The arrests followed months of investigations, intelligence gathering and surveillance that uncovered a consistent pattern in the robberies.

The police operation, which extended to the Brong Ahafo, Western, Central, Eastern and Ashanti regions, also resulted in the deaths of three suspects who exchanged gunfire with officers in September 2025.

At a press conference on Wednesday, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Commissioner of Police Lydia Donkor, disclosed that the suspects were in custody and would be arraigned after ongoing investigations were concluded.

She revealed that weapons retrieved from the gang linked the suspects to past crimes, including the killing of a police officer.

“It is worth noting that one of the AK-47 rifles marked GHGP/ASA/TEPA/TP/B1528 retrieved from this gang was a police service weapon issued to 4A04 G-Corporal Francis Adu Yaw, then at Tepa Police District Headquarters, who was sadly attacked by armed robbers and killed on the Bibiani-Goaso highway on 29th November 2024 while he was returning from an official duty. This is an indication that this same gang committed that heinous crime,” she said.

She further explained that the other two AK-47 rifles recovered were traced to an attack on police officers which happened earlier this month.

“The other two AK-47 rifles were snatched from officers who were on duty at Ecobank, Ahafo-Kenyase, when they were attacked by a gang of armed robbers on 8th September 2025,” she added.