Bullion Van Containing Over GHC 600,000 Attacked at Techiman
GH¢234,000 out of the amount involved was however later retrieved by the police.
Jonas Danquah 
Armed robbers numbering about four on Friday evening [May 8, 2020] attacked a bullion van which was transporting money belonging to Absa Bank at Mmaampehia near Techiman in the Bono East Region
The armed robbers made away with over GH¢600,000 which was in the van at gunpoint.
According to reports from Graphic Online, the robbers who were wielding guns attacked the van and its occupants at about 5.30 pm wounding the driver and a policeman who was on board in the process before fleeing with their booty.
The driver of the van with registration number GT 3181 - W, was later identified as Frank Agyeman, the police officer as Lance Corporal Yussif Abubakar and an official of the bank on board as Sampson Kofi Sarfo.
The robbers reportedly bolted with an AK 47 rifle loaded with 19 rounds of ammunition together with the policeman's armour into a nearby bush.
The Bono East Regional Police Commander, DCOP Djan Kyere, confirming the story to Graphic Online stated that GH¢234,000 out of the amount involved was however later retrieved by the police.
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According to him, in their hurry, the robbers left GH¢39,000 inside the van while GH¢195,000 was also retrieved when the vehicle used to by the robbers was intercepted at Akomadan in the Ashanti Region.
DCOP Kyere explained that the robbers parked their saloon car in front of an uncompleted gari processing factory at Akomadan to share their booty.
He said in the process they were spotted by a police guard who called for reinforcement for the arrest of the perpetrators.
DCOP Kyere said when the police reinforcement arrived, the robbers had run away leaving behind the saloon car they used for the operation, GH¢195,000 out of the booty and a G3 gun and an action pump gun behind.
They, however went away with the AK 47 they seized from the policeman on board the bullion van and another one they used in their operation.
DCOP Kyere explained that one person who had shown up to claim ownership of the vehicle used by the robbers for the robbery has been arrested for interrogation.
The victims of the robbery who were rushed to the Techiman Holy Family Hospital and have since been treated and discharged while the bullion van has been towed to the Techiman Police Station.
DCOP Kyere added that the police were still investigating the matter for the arrest of the robbers who were believed to be still hiding in the Ashanti Region.
SOURCE: Graphic Online
