Upper East: One Armed Robber Shot Dead By Police, Others On The Run

On the afternoon of the February 27, 2022, police in the Upper East Region gunned down a suspected robber during a shootout at Nyariga Forest along Bolgatanga-Nyariga stretch. The Police team, while on patrol duty, then responded to intelligence that armed robbers were attacking traders from the Nyariga market. Upon getting

the information, the team encountered three young men wielding pump-action guns. They engaged the Police in a shootout and one was gunned down in the process, but the two others managed to escape. The injured suspect was then rushed to the Regional Hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival by the

medical officer. His body has since been deposited at the Regional Hospital Morgue. Items retrieved from him inlude the pump-action gun with serial No. MVS4951A loaded with five (5) rounds of BB cartridge ammunition he was using. Also, a backpack containing eleven (11) rounds of the same BB cartridge ammunition was also

retrieved from the scene. The Police is thus appealing to the chiefs and people of Nyariga to volunteer any credible information that will lead to the arrest of the other suspects.