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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88167, member: 27"] A deadly shootout on the Obuasi-Dunkwa highway just cracked open an armed-robbery ring and an illegal arms pipeline in Ghana's Ashanti Region. Police ambush takes down two suspects [LIST] [*]Officers intercepted four armed men in a highway bush on March 10. [*]Suspects fired first, and police returned fatal shots. [*]Two robbers died while two others reportedly escaped. [*]An AK-47 and a pump-action gun were seized on-site. [/LIST] Dead suspects linked to a regional crime spree [LIST] [*]David Aheto, 42, from Sogakope, was pronounced dead at the Bekwai Hospital. [*]Illiasu Bawa, 32, hailed from Banda Nkwanta in the Savannah Region. [*]Investigations tied them to robberies across multiple towns. [*]Obuasi, Dunkwa, Wasa Akropong, and Asin Fosu were all hit. [/LIST] Arms-supply network traced back to Asawase [LIST] [*]Alhaji Abdalah allegedly sold the AK-47 for GH₵45,000. [*]Abdalah also reportedly supplied a G3 rifle and a pistol. [*]Buyer Samuel Agyei is already on remand at Wasa Akropong. [*]Kumasi's Asawase area is the suspected supply hub. [/LIST] Follow-up raid on March 11 netted more arrests [LIST] [*]Aminu Iddrisu led police to weapons stashed in a sheep pen. [*]An AK-47 and a Bruni pistol were recovered in Kumasi. [*]Daniel Debrah, 24, got arrested alongside Iddrisu. [*]A red Toyota Corolla was seized as suspected robbery proceeds. [/LIST] Four suspects remain in custody during the investigation [LIST] [*]Abdalah Alhassan and Jemini Usman are both detained. [*]Iddrisu and Debrah are cooperating with ongoing inquiries. [*]Mallam Aminu and other members remain at large. [*]Police vowed zero tolerance for armed robbery and arms trading. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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