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The Savannah Regional Police Command and the Anti-Armed Robbery Unit have dismantled the robbery gang behind the robbery of two Mobile Money vendors at the Buipe Cattle Market in the Savanna Region.
The alleged robbery incident took place on June 29, 2026, during which GH¢430,000 was stolen, the Ghana Police Service said in a statement posted on Facebook. 
Following the incident, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) deployed a team from the Anti-Armed Robbery Unit to assist the Savannah Regional Command with investigations.
The statement said preliminary investigations established that four men, armed with two pump-action guns, one single-barrel gun and one AK-47 assault rifle, attacked the vendors and fired sporadically before escaping with their booty.
On July 23, 2026, sustained surveillance by the Anti-Armed Robbery Unit and Police Intelligence Directorate, with support from the Kintampo Divisional Police Command, led to the arrest of suspect Yacouba Oumar, 28, at Soronuase in the Bono East Region.
During interrogation, the suspect admitted participating in the robbery and identified his accomplices as Yakubu Seidu, alias Baba, Abdulai Aziz Yahaya, alias Addo, and Abduli Buipe, alias Addo. 
Oumar further disclosed that the group was contracted by a cattle trader at the Buipe market, identified as Alhaji Yacouba, also known as Masaji, Muimen or Yakubu, to carry out the robbery, the statement said.
Investigation further took the team to Atebubu, Soronuase, Agogo and Dawadawa, where other members of the syndicate were believed to be hiding.
They were Yakubu Seidu, Abdulai Aziz Yahaya and Oumaro Amadu, as well as the weapons used by the gang.
“An exchange of fire between the police and the suspects resulted in the death of suspects Yakubu Seidu, Abdulai Aziz Yahaya and Oumaro Amadu,” it said.
The bodies had been deposited at the morgue for preservation and autopsy.
The statement said the police subsequently retrieved one pump-action gun and five live BB cartridges, and a single-barrel gun believed to have been used in the robbery.
“Oumar is currently in Police custody assisting investigations, while efforts are underway to arrest suspect Alhaji Yacouba and other persons connected with the robbery,” it said.
Source: GNA