[ 2021-02-14 ]

Police in Esiama Foil Robbery Attempt on Ecobank
In the dawn hours of yesterday, 13 February,
Police in Esiama foiled a robbery attempt on
Ecobank Esiama branch in the Western Region, when
they responded to a distress call to the effect
that robbers numbering about five had attacked the
bank.


Police proceeded to the scene where the robbers
opened fire upon seeing the Police. Police
returned fire, leading the robbers to flee into a
nearby bush.

These were contained in a press release cited by
the Ghana News Agency on the Ghana Police
Service's Facebook page.

It said Police rescued a private security man of
the Bank and another who was on duty at an
adjacent ECG office (names of the security men
withheld).

Their hands had been tied behind them and legs
also tied with ropes. Police picked one AK 47
assault rifle with tempered serial number and 28
rounds of live ammunition from the direction of
the bush where the robbers fled.

Other items retrieved included an industrial
cutter, crow bar, screw drivers, damaged padlocks
and four BB spent shells.

"Police observed among others, that the armed
robbers damaged the burglar proof and the glass
door leading to the banking hall," it added.

Although the robbers had access to the banking
hall, they did not succeed in their operation due
to the timely intervention by Police, the release
said.

Meanwhile a search has been mounted to arrest them
and we urge residents of Esiama and surrounding
villages to report suspicious characters,
especially those who present gunshot wounds to
hospitals, clinics and herbalists for treatment,
it appealed.

Source - GNA

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