A FIERCE gun battle between officers of the Ashanti South Regional Police Command and some suspected hoodlums has resulted in the killing of two hardened robbers at Offinso Anyankaso.
Among the deceased is Osman Majid, 25, alias ‘Cross’, who has been on police radar for a long time for committing high-profile robberies and also killing three people in the past without being arrested to face the law.
The other deceased suspect has also been identified by the police as 20-year-old Abdulai Sadik. Their bodies have since been deposited at the Bekwai Municipal Hospital mortuary for preservation and post-mortem.
The police disclosed that Cross, on April 3, 2023, allegedly used a machete to chop off the four left fingers of 19-year-old Kingsford Bediako at Barniekrom near Mankranso in the Ashanti Region.
He has also been accused of killing three other people at different locations in Mankranso in the past, amid other high-profile residential robberies. But despite being hunted by the police, he always managed to escape arrest.
Police Intelligence
According to the Ashanti South Regional Police statement, police had intelligence that Cross, who had managed to evade arrest for a long time, was now hiding in three different hideouts with his group of miscreants in Offinso.
Armed with this vital information, three senior officers and other ranks from the Ashanti South Regional Police Command conducted simultaneous raids in the three identified hideouts on October 1, 2025.
Fierce Gun Fight
But before the police could get closer to Cross, who was hiding at Offinso Anyankaso and arrest him, the dangerous robber, who was armed with a gun, reportedly opened fire on the police officers, while he tried to escape through the ceiling.
The police officers, who are professionally trained to encounter such dangerous situations, also returned fire immediately, which resulted in Cross and Abdulai Sadik being hit by bullets, causing injuries to both of them.
An intelligence-led operation was conducted, led by three senior officers and other ranks from Ashanti South Region, comprising four service vehicles (branded and unbranded), and simultaneously raided the identified locations.
“At Offinso Anyankaso, the suspect fired a gunshot from his room and attempted to escape through the ceiling. The police tactically returned fire, and two suspects sustained gunshot injuries,” the police statement disclosed.
