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A notorious highway armed robber, Yaw Asare, who operates in Agona-Nsabaa, Tema Motorway and Kumasi Highway, has finally been nabbed by the Amasaman District Police Command. The 26-year-old robber was arrested in Accra, after robbing a shop around Amasaman with his gang in a KIA truck with registration number GR 2480-13. Yaw Asare, described by the police as �very dangerous,� had been on the police wanted list for some years now. He is reported to have been involved in a top robbery incident, in which his accomplice was arrested and remanded by the court. Yaw Asare is also said to be part of a group of �deadly� armed robbers who had been terrorising the people of Agona Nsaba in the Central region for several years now. It is believed that Yaw Asare was part of a group of armed robbers who, a couple of years ago, stormed the Cocoa Depot around Agona Nsabaa and managed to steal one thousand bags of cocoa from the depot and also attempted to dump the security men into a manhole. This paper has also learnt that Yaw Asare and his gang also stormed Abeka-Lapaz to rob one top businessman known as �Best One� after clearing his goods from Tema Port. The group�s other members include one Obolo, a station master at Tema. The others names were given as Danso, Ampomah, Mike and Frimpong. They are reported to operate with pump action guns, pistols, sharp knives and other offensive weapons. Only last week, Yaw Asare after being sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Amasaman Court for robbery, jumped out of the a police vehicle conveying him to commence his sentence and after a hot chase was re-arrested.