The Ghana Police Service has clarified that Thursday July 13, operation in Labone, Accra, disrupted a planned attack on three financial institutions in the area.
According to Police, a criminal group was preparing to hit GCB Bank, Ecobank and Zenith Bank, all situated at Labone, before officers intervened.
This update follows an earlier Police report which indicated that an attempted robbery at the GCB Bank, Labone branch, had been stopped, with two suspects shot dead and one arrested.
GCB Bank later stated that no robbery or attempted robbery took place at its Labone branch, adding that the premises was not broken into and no client, worker, cash or asset was harmed.
In a fresh briefing on Thursday, August 13, Police said they received a tip-off around 10:45a.m., that a gang was plotting to attack the three banks.
A police unit was quickly sent to Labone, where the suspects were found in two cars parked near the banks. Police said one of the cars drove off after the suspects saw the officers.
Officers chased it and arrested one suspect named Augustine Okechuku Maazi, while a second person in the car got away. The people in the other vehicle also tried to escape and opened fire on Police, sparking a gun battle in which two suspects were killed.
“Police engaged them in a shoot out resulting in the death of two suspects,” the Police said.
Officers retrieved two vehicles from the scene: a Toyota Highlander with registration number GS-1434-18 and a Hyundai Tucson with registration number GS-7915-17.
A homemade pistol was also seized. The detained suspect, Augustine Okechuku Maazi, is in custody helping with investigations. The bodies of the two dead suspects have been sent to the morgue for keeping, identification and post-mortem.
