Ahantaman Rural Bank Limited in Abura, in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District of the Central Region has been attacked by masked armed robbers.
According to reports, two of the five robbers with pump-action guns first attacked security men at post.
They tied their hands, legs and mouth with a sellotape and woolen strings and two of them holding the guns stood guard on them whilst the other three who were not armed but were with different types of implements managed to break one of the windows open and entered into the banking hall.
It is gathered that the robbers after operating for about two hours left the banking premises. One of the security guards however managed to untie himself to seek help.
The police was however informed about the ongoing robbery but upon visiting the scene, they noticed that the robbers found their way through the bank.
The robbers with a wall cutter cut through the wall creating a hole into the strong room. They also cut the iron bars of the gate of the Vault thereby taking away an amount of GHC93,445.45.
The robbers caused damage to two CCTV cameras, disconnected the CCTV server and took away the CCTV Recorder and Alarm Panel.
