An attempted robbery at the MRB Rural Bank in Winneba, Central Region, has been stopped by the Ghana Police’s Anti Armed Robbery Response Unit (AARU).
According to the authorities, the bank’s alarm was set off at around one in the morning on Friday, August 15, 2025, alerting the on-duty patrol squad.
It claimed that after noticing odd activity, the patrol team went to the bank to investigate.
“On reaching the location, they were met with sporadic gunshots from the robbers. After a brief exchange of fire, the robbery gang bolted, leaving behind one pump-action gun and other implements,” the police stated.
Following their assistance to the detectives, the police said that the AARU team investigated the crime scene and recovered one pump-action gun and one empty cartridge.
The police stated that their investigation thus far indicated that approximately five armed guys were responsible for the crime.
The heist gang tried to break into the bank’s vault, but their intentions were thwarted by the police patrol team’s prompt action.
“The modus operandi of this robbery gang is similar to that of the gang in the earlier rural bank robberies reported, suggesting that it is the same gang who are responsible for all the robberies,” the police stated.
Intelligence suggests they might be hiding in Kumasi, it added.
A group of AARU surveillance officers, according to the police, was still in Kumasi attempting to find them.
Source: newsthemegh.com