Police arrested two men suspected of planning a robbery near Asankrangwa in the Western Region. The suspects, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, 28, and Karim Yakubu, 42, were hiding in bushes along a road when they spotted a patrol team. They ran away, leading officers on a chase to an abandoned mining site where they jumped into a muddy pit. Officers pulled them out of the pit and took them into custody. Police found a shotgun, three AAA cartridges, and a Nokia phone during the arrest.
The Western Central Regional Police Command caught the men during a routine patrol operation. Abdul-Salam and Yakubu tried to escape when they noticed the officers approaching their hiding spot. Their desperate attempt to avoid capture by leaping into mud failed as...