There was a broad daylight robbery at Adabraka Market in Accra on Saturday, November 2 as a group of gunmen hijacked a car and confiscated some bags containing cash as they fired gunshots in the air.
Four men, heavily armed and masked, attacked a man in a red Toyota Corolla parked near the busy market.
Eyewitnesses said the robbers approached the car, guns drawn, and without hesitation, began firing multiple shots into the air to disperse the crowd.
“We deal in gold here, and we heard a loud noise, and we realised it was a sporadic shooting. I can’t even talk, I’m surprised, we hid and locked our gate, but they didn’t come to our end. We heard them saying open the boot and we saw them carrying bags of money from some of the shops. They spent some few minutes”, an eyewitness recounted.
Another eyewitness also said, “There are several gold dealer shops here, so one of the owners of the shops had bags containing monies in his Toyota Corolla, immediately he landed, the robbers approached the car and took the money away. This is the second time such an incident has happened.
The police came in late, by the time they arrived, the armed robbers had bolted away with the bags of money in their Toyota Highlander. They fired multiple gunshots. They spread some money in the air to distract onlookers’ attention and scare them away.”
The police in a statement said:
”The Police are on a manhunt for a gang of armed robbers who attacked a jewelry shop at Adrabraka in Accra on Saturday 2nd November 2024 where one person was injured. We would like to assure the public that we will surely get them and bring them to face justice”.
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Viewer discretion advised: Scenes may be distressing. Daylight armed robbery at Adabraka. Details to follow.#CitiNewsroom pic.twitter.com/HG8nLvL9iJ
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