Police have gunned down an armed robber identified as Clement Kofi Aidoo, also known as Yaw, Paddy, and Joseph Abequaye, during a police operation at Danso near Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya District.

This comes after police investigations into a violent robbery attack in Labone.

Police said the incident occurred in the early hours of February 6, 2026, after the suspect allegedly resisted arrest.

“Upon spotting the officers, the suspect jumped through a window, wielding a sharp cutlass, and attempted to attack them. Our officers opened fire, critically injuring him,” a police source said.

The suspect was pronounced dead by doctors when they arrived at the hospital.

According to the police, this operation comes on the back of a petition filed on January 30 by the Inspector-General of Police to the Anti-Armed Robbery Unit (AARU) of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in reaction to a robbery reported by 77-year-old Madam Christiana Frimpong, who reported that she was attacked by armed men in her Labone home on December 4, 2025.

She said the armed men bolted with her Toyota Hilux pickup (GW 9834-25), an iPhone 16 Pro Max, and other belongings after they blinded her with a bplyythene bag and tied her legs and hands together.

Some of her belongings were later discovered by the police during the operation. Among the recovered items were the stolen Hilux, several documents, the complainant’s mobile phone, and identification cards, including a Voter ID and a Police ID card belonging to G/Sgt Daniel Kusi Appiah of the Kaneshie Divisional Headquarters.

A probe into how the sergeant card was found as part of the recovered items indicated that the suspect was a domestic worker through the KKN Domestic and Recruitment Agency who had been working at his residence since November 1, 2025. He allegedly stole his Toyota Camry (GC 123-12), police and voter ID cards, GH¢12,200 in cash, and other personal items while assisting him at Ridge Hospital on November 14.

72 days after stealing the car, he was spotted driving it in his hometown, Bontroase, in the Central Region. However, he later abandoned the vehicle at Kojoacquah Village during a hot pursuit by the police.

The police are continuing investigations to determine whether the deceased suspect had accomplices involved in the Labone attack and other reported robberies.

In recent years, the Police Service has made significant progress in tackling robberies and prosecuting offenders. In September, the Ghana Police Service arrested ten individuals and shot three others dead in its efforts to crack down on a series of violent rural bank robberies across the country.

Authorities alleged that the 15-member gang has been behind a series of robberies in the Ahafo, Western, Central, Eastern, and Ashanti Regions.

On Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 3:30 am, the ring invaded the Saint Martin's De Porres Cooperative Credit Union with pump-action guns and AK-47 rifles.

They escaped the premises with cash after holding the security guard and his wife hostage.

Briefing the media on Wednesday, September 24, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Lydia Yaako Donkor, said the police recovered a large cache of weapons, vehicles, and valuables following the operation.

One of their AK-47 rifles has been traced to one Corporal Francis Adu Yaw of the Tepa District. The said police officer was killed on November 29, 2024, by armed robbers on the Bibiani-Goaso highway.

The items seized included three AK-47 assault rifles; one single-barrel gun with one AAA round; seven pump-action guns with 96 rounds of AAA ammunition; three Bruni pistols with 40 rounds of ammunition; one M&P pistol with four rounds of ammunition; cash amounting to GH¢18,845, $104, 190 Liberian dollars, ₦5,800, and CFA 31,000; a quantity of assorted Ghanaian coins; six vehicles; four motorbikes; and several mobile phones and pieces of jewellery.

According to the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the gang’s operations were successfully undercovered after six months of sustained intelligence operations.

“Through sustained intelligence operations, the Ghana Police Service has successfully dismantled the notorious criminal syndicate who have been behind several robberies in various regions of the country,” she stated.

In August this year, Service announced the retrieval of items used by a gang of armed men during a gold shop robbery at Mpohor in the Western Region over the weekend.

Weapons, ammunition, clothing, and other materials were among the exhibits. According to a Facebook post on Tuesday, August 19, the police stated that the retrieved items would aid in the ongoing investigation into the case.

Also, on July 30, a shootout between suspected armed robbers and police officers at Atebubu in the Bono East Region led to the death of two suspects.

According to the Ghana Police Service, the patrol team encountered a robbery attack on commuters along the Atebubu Highway. The suspects opened fire on the officers upon sighting them. Those struck during the exchange were rushed to a hospital but were pronounced dead on arrival, while others escaped into nearby bushes.

A search of the scene led to the retrieval of a shotgun loaded with two live cartridges, four spent cartridges, and a machete. Intensive efforts are still underway to apprehend the fugitives, police confirmed.

On July 15, an intelligence-led operation by the Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) foiled a robbery attempt by five armed men targeting a foreign national at Cantonments. Police received credible intelligence that the men were lodging at a hotel in Labadi.

While en route in a Toyota Yaris vehicle, the suspects opened fire on a police team after detecting surveillance. An officer sustained gunshot wounds, and in the ensuing shootout, two suspects died after being rushed to the Ghana Police Hospital.

The injured officer, who suffered gunshot wounds to his arm and legs, has been hospitalized and is responding to treatment. Police retrieved two pump-action guns loaded with ammunition, live cartridges, three mobile phones, talismans, and other items from the scene.