Police foil planned robbery on gold consignment, three suspects arrested

The Ghana Police Service, through an intelligence-led operation, have foiled a planned robbery and arrested three suspects who had planned to rob a gold consignment valued at over One Million, Three Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 1.3 million).

The suspects, identified as Adams Zibo, Massawud Yussif and Kenneth Khartey, were arrested on Thursday, 26th June 2025, along the Accra–Akuapem–Mamfe road.

The Special Support Unit (SSU) of the Ghana Police Service at the National Headquarters commenced the operation on Wednesday, 25th June 2025, following indications that a gold dealer’s driver and a man posing as his bodyguard had conspired to rob the dealer during a scheduled gold delivery the following day.

According to the Police, preliminary investigations revealed that on Thursday, 26th June 2025, Kenneth Khartey was arrested near Akuapem–Mamfe while riding a motorbike and trailing a Land Cruiser transporting the gold consignment.

Later that same day, suspects Adams Zibo and Massawud Yussif were arrested at East Legon in an unregistered blue Hyundai vehicle. Investigations established that the two (2) suspects procured firearms, motorbikes and a getaway vehicle for the robbery and were responsible for the sale of the gold after the robbery.

The gold dealer was rescued safely and the gold, weighing approximately 1.2 kilograms and valued at GHC 1,350,343.53 was also secured.

All three suspects are in custody, assisting the investigation and will be put before court, a Police statement issued on Tuesday, June 1, said.