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The Ashanti North Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects believed to be connected to a string of robbery incidents involving stolen vehicles in Kumasi and Offinso in the Ashanti Region.
The suspects — Omar Ahmed, Kwaku Sarpong, also known as Obinim Sticker, and Abdul Salam Yahaya — were picked up from their hideouts following a coordinated intelligence-led operation by the police.
A fourth suspect, identified as Jafar Suleman alias Bonti, who is reportedly in possession of a pump-action gun used in the robberies, is currently on the run and being pursued by police.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects, numbering three during the operation, were involved in the robbery of a Toyota Lexus XR with DV No. 9099-V-2025.
Police say suspect Kwaku Sarpong later led investigators to a cemetery at Fawode in Kumasi, where he claimed to have hidden the weapon used in the robbery. However, the weapon could not be found. He also led police to Alaba Tinka, Kumasi, where the gang had allegedly sold a Toyota Yaris, DV No. 805-2025, which was robbed at Offinso about four months ago, to a man known only as Rasta.
Acting on further intelligence, officers arrested suspect Abdul Salam Yahaya at the St. Patrick Government Hospital in Offinso, where he admitted to scouting vehicles for the gang.
Police subsequently arrested the said Rasta, identified as Francis Barfi, at the Kumasi Central PID office after he appeared with the Toyota Yaris, which had been re-registered as AS 2450-25. The vehicle has since been impounded for further forensic examination.
All three suspects are in police custody assisting with investigations, while efforts are underway to track and arrest the remaining suspect, Jafar Suleman, to face the full rigours of the law.
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