The Ashanti Regional Police Command has announced the arrest of five individuals suspected of involvement in a murder and robbery in the Asokore Mampong municipality in Kumasi.
The Regional Police Commander, DCOP Arthur Osei Akoto, disclosed at a media briefing yesterday that two suspects were detained for the robbery and murder of 28?year?old Silver Ngozi.
The suspects, identified as Farouk Iddris, 20, a motorbike mechanic and rider, and Salim Mohammed, 19, also a motorbike mechanic and rickshaw rider are alleged to have robbed the victim before one of them stabbed her with a knife, causing her death.
According to him, the incident occurred on December?6, 2025 at about 5?p.m. at Asokore Mampong.
He said a joint team from the Regional Police Headquarters and the Anti?Robbery Unit acting on intelligence, arrested the men on?December?12, 2025 at approximately 9?p.m. at a hideout in Aboabo, a suburb of Kumasi.
The Commander stated that a search in Iddris’s room uncovered a machete, knives and other offensive weapons.
He said during interrogation, both men admitted to the robbery and Mohammed identified a zigzag?edged knife as the murder weapon.
He said the knife, along with an iPhone?11?Pro Max belonging to the deceased has been retained as evidence.
The police commander further disclosed that the police apprehended three other suspects linked to a series of street robberies in AsokoreMampong, KNUST, Kenyasi, Bosore, Duase, Antoa, Mayanka, Ayeduase and surrounding areas in a another operation.
He mentioned the suspects as Abdul Fatawu, alias “UN”, 22; Philip Nyarko, alias “Kawawa”, 24; and SamakHadi alias “Toronto”, 21, who have all provided caution statements admitting to the offences and being held in police custody pending further investigations.
He revealed that recovered items from their hideouts included 59 iPhones, six Android phones, four tablets and five laptops. He said the suspects are expected to be arraigned before court in due course to face the full rigours of the law.
Commander Akoto appealed to anyone who may have been a victim of these crimes to contact the Ashanti Regional Police Command to assist with ongoing investigations.
He reiterated the Ghana Police Service’s commitment to maintaining peace, law and order in the region and urged the public to continue providing timely and credible information to aid crime?fighting efforts.
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