The Ghana Police Service has arrested suspected members of a notorious armed robbery gang believed to be responsible for a series of violent robberies across several parts of the country.
The suspects are Kofi Ishmael, 30; Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Star Boy, Nkokopo, Kwame Mike or Father, said to be the ringleader; and Kwame Bonsu, also known as Killer Ntua.
Several other accomplices have been identified and are currently being pursued by the police.
According to police sources, the gang was involved in a robbery at Peduase, Aburi, on November 29, 2025, where three armed men wielding a pump-action gun and a pistol attacked the residence of J.A. Biney.
The assailants made away with mobile phones including iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 16 Plus, Infinix Hot 50i, jewellery, and an unspecified amount of cash.
On January 6, 2026, personnel of the Eastern Regional Police Intelligence Directorate (PID), in collaboration with the Accra Regional PID, tracked and arrested Kofi Ishmael at his hideout at Avenor in Accra.
During interrogation, Ishmael admitted his involvement in the Peduase robbery and identified Kwame Bediako as the leader of the gang, mentioning several accomplices including Kwasi Akambuley (Kwasi Fresh), Salia Mohammed (Kwaku Nuah), Mumuni Abdul Razak Akakuub (Mogambo), Aticho Kojo (Kalovi), and Kwame Bonsu (Killer Ntua).
Ishmael subsequently led police to Ablekumah Agape, where Kwame Bediako was arrested.
A search at Bediako’s residence uncovered a pump-action gun buried within the fence wall, concealed in a sack together with four BB cartridges. Bediako confessed to the Peduase robbery and mentioned a taxi driver, identified as Gideon, as another accomplice.
Further investigations revealed that the gang was behind a string of highway robberies targeting Burkinabe, Nigerian, Malian and Ghanaian trailer drivers along major routes including the Tema Motorway, Achimota Forest Road, Pokuase, Amasaman, Suhum, Nkawkaw, and the Juaso–Kumasi stretch.
Police say the suspects were planning to embark on another robbery on the day of their arrest.
Acting on intelligence, police moved to Nkawkaw, Fodoa and Nnadieso in the Eastern Region, where additional suspects—Kwasi Akambuley, Salia Mohammed, Mumuni Abdul Razak Akakuub, Aticho Kojo and Kwame Bonsu—were found preparing to carry out a highway robbery.
One of the suspects, Kwame Bonsu (Killer Ntua), was shot in the knee after he allegedly attacked arresting officers while attempting to escape.
He is currently on admission at the Police Hospital and is said to be responding well to treatment.
Investigations have further linked the suspects to several previous robbery cases, including an October 16, 2025 attack on market women at Ngleshie Amanfro, where GH¢30,000 and mobile phones were stolen; multiple robberies at Kibi and Suhum; and a 2023 incident in which a driver, Yaw Boakye of Sarfo Nyame Cold Store, was attacked and killed, with GH¢1.2 million stolen.
Police say Kwame Bediako has jumped bail in some of these cases.
The gang is also alleged to have attacked a National RDF police officer at the Accra–Tema Toll Booth on September 24, 2025, making away with an AK-47 rifle and ammunition, which was later abandoned at the Tesano Quartermaster Stores.
Exhibits retrieved so far include a black Zastava pistol with serial number 833577, 19 rounds of 9mm ammunition, five empty cartridges, two rubber pistols, a pump-action gun, machetes, a knife, mobile phones, cowries, and a purse containing assorted ID cards.
Police say efforts are underway to arrest all remaining suspects still at large and to invite victims of the various robberies to assist with ongoing investigations.
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