Provide Armoured Bullion Vans Or We Will Stop Escorting Your Cash - IGP To Banks

In the wake of incessant robbery attacks on the bullion vans in the country, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. James Oppong Boanuh, has asked the banks to provide fortified armoured vehicles also for carting money. The vehicles used by most Ghanaian banks as bullion vans are not fit-for-purpose, putting both the personnel and

the money being transported at risk. The Police Chief said he will stop his officers from providing protection for bullion vans if all the banks also fail to adhere to the directive by the end of June this year. The IGP gave the directive in a statement on the back of the latest attack on a bullion van at Adedenpo, a suburb of James Town

in Accra on on Monday, June 14, 2021. The attack led to the killing of a young police officer and a trader. The IGP is also reminding the Association of Bankers to provide fortified armoured vehicles for carting currencies by the close of June 2021 as earlier agreed between them and the Police Service, else the Police withdraws its officers

for escort duties, the IGP also warned in the statement. There have been several bullion van attacks in the past, some leading to fatalities. The Monday’s incident at the James Town too occurred around the 11am. Mr James Oppong Boanuh has also directed the Director General of Criminal Investigations Department to take over the

investigations into the latest bullion van attack too. The (IGP) James Oppong Boanuh has directed the Director General Criminal Investigation Department to take over the investigation into the attack on a bullion van also at the Adedenpo, a suburb of the James Town in Accra on 14 June 2021, which also led to the murder of a police officer. Police had said the unidentified armed men, on

not less than three motorbikes, crossed the bullion van and started shooting sporadically. In the process, two persons were shot dead instantly - the police officer on the escort duty, and an an unidentified woman who was also badly affected during the shooting and the bullion driver sustained injuries and was sent to the Korle Bu hospital for treatment. Two tellers who were also in the bullion escaped unhurt. The weapon of the policeman was also taken away, and together with an unspecified amount of money.