E/R: Police Foil Highway Robbery Attack

A robbery attack which was intended to be staged between Ettukrom and Bunso junction on Monday evening has been prevented by Police in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

According to a report from the police they received intelligence indicating that some robbers who are armed attempted to rob some commuters on the road.

The robbers shot into a police bus with registration number GP 146 while using the route from Osiem to Bunso.

The police personnel on board the bus shot back at the robbers who then flee to the nearby bushes.

A thorough search was conducted into the bushes when a police patrol arrived at the scene but there was no trace of the robbers or blood.

Weapons retrieved were shells of AK 47 riffle and one other.

None of the nearby hospitals confirmed of someone visiting them with gun wounds when the police conducted some investigations.

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