The Ghana Police Service has assured Ghanaians on recent attacks on bullion vans carting money. The police administration is optimistic that attacks on vehicles carting money will not recur, given stringent measures it is instituting to avert such incidents.
The is comes after a police personnel, General Constable Emmanuel Osei and a bystander was shot dead by armed robbers at Jamestown while on a bullion van escort duty.
In light of this, Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh at a press briefing Tuesday, June 15, 2021, has given the Bank of Ghana and the Association of Bankers till the end of June 2021, to provide bulletproof vans for the carting of money.
He said; “We are hoping that this will not happen again because of the strategies we have put in place. We are alert, this is not only the police service, but it’s the entire security architecture.”
BACKGROUND
Three armed robbers on a motorcycle trailed a Mon-Tran bullion van heading to the market.
Upon reaching an enclave with some mechanics, the robbers sped closer to the van and shot the policeman protecting the vehicle in the head.
The brazen assault left the Nissan car with registration number GT 8592 W with several bullet holes, including one through the car’s windscreen.
The bloodthirsty gunmen did not spare the driver as they shot him several times without blinking.
A trader who was selling within the enclave was also gunned down.
SOURCE: Gossips24.com
