Kumasi: Police confirm kidnap of two Canadians

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two Canadians, aged, 19 and 20 in Ahodwo in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.

There were reports of the kidnap of the two foreigners by the yet to be identified assailants in Kumasi.

The criminals are said to have stopped and pushed the two into a car at gunpoint at about 8:30 P.M. at Silver Spring avenue, around Vienna City, a popular pub in Kumasi.

One of the victims named Lauren and is in the country with her compatriot on an exchange programme with the Entrepreneurship Department of the Kumasi Technical University (KsTU).

According to Police, it commenced investigations to track and rescue the ladies immediately they received the information.