Okorase Fuel station attacked by Armed Robbers 

A gang of Mask-wearing Armed robbers broke into Okorase fuel station, on Monday dawn around 1:00 is on August 30, 2021, and submerge the attendants to severe maltreatment, and made away with an unspecified amount of money.

The source revealed, that the manager of the fuel station, Delali Dzamposu, subsequently informed the police about the incident.

He narrated, that four armed robbers including a lady all in masks attacked four fuel attendants and the security man on duty before breaking into his office.

According to him, they wielded a pistol, cutlass and industrial cutter which enabled them to break into the safe which is in the office of the manager.

An unspecified amount was said to have been stolen from the safe after security cameras were destroyed. The attendants were also put into separate rooms, while their phones were taken from them and submerged to severe beatings in order to have access to the keys to the safe.

The police arrived at the scene after the robbers had vanished from the place, and they detected after careful observation, that the armed robbers gained access through the main door and exit through the back door.

However, three 9mm empty shells were retrieved at the scene and fingerprint impressions were also lifted by the regional crime unit.

Upon opening the safe, GHc 21,246.00 was intact. No culprit has been arrested in the meantime, according to the Eastern regional police command.

William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent