Over GH¢7.5m stolen from gold dealer - Owners of jewellery shop give details of Adabraka daylight robbery
This article is closed for comments.
This article is closed for comments.
Copyright © 1994 - 2025 GhanaWeb. All rights reserved.
That's why I'm not a ghanaian but Asante
SO MONEY DEY GHANA LIKE DAT????? HMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!
There's silver lining in a cloud, they say. While this may sound insensitive, I don't hold much grudge against the thieves because the stolen money came from the sale of gold, which may have been sourced from galamsey.
Be ...
read full comment
Why is this company paying their customers in cash to the tune of this amount? That is unacceptable! Pay them with a check or transfer money through the bank? Are you trying to avoid paying taxes so you are doing cash transac ...
read full comment
Buy your catfish Juveniles from us with as little as 2 cedis per fish to start your business and also get free guidance and training to help you succeed, we also have fish feed available.0557430128 __~.*•
I swear oh
But why would they keep so much money in their shop? This is really ridiculous.This is an insider robbery. Imagine they didn't pay any tax on that huge money.
They could have transacted everything through the bank, but because of bad business.
Party needs money for erection and erectile dysfunction.
That is about half-a-million DOLLARS. AND, THIS GUY SAYS THEY WILL REIMBURSE THE COSTOMER. IT SOUNDS LIKE CHUMB-CHANGE TO ME. The shocking part for me is this business is tucked away in the hood.
Concert !
They are all involved w'ate !!!
Yeah something isn't adding up for me. They were also allegedly robbed a few months ago. What happened then? Did they just reimburse?
Congratulations to the armed robbers, and I hope they never get caught. This is an underhand transaction from galamsey, else why would someone sell gold to the tune of gh7.5m and carry raw cash around in a car?
Why wasn't th ...
read full comment
The the things, he did not name the other business partner(s).
It will surely be someone in government or linked to people in there.
Why would the seller risk to handle gold and money in such huge quantity without any ...
read full comment
That's is why you eat animal poo and you are 4ft 1" tall. With protruding teeth. Abooooa ba sa.
I'm even afraid to carry 100,000 cedis on me. Kwee people have moni in Gh. That money can buy 10 two bedroom houses. Now you have foolishly come online to expose yourself and safety of your workers. Everyone now know you have ...
read full comment
OLD 419 TECHNIC. THIS HAPPENED A LOT IN THE '90s. YOU BUY A HOUSE, PAY FOR IT AND GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND LATER ARMED ROBBERS WILL ROB YOU OF THE MONEY. THIS WILL LET THE AZAA BUYER GET THE HOUSE FOR FREE. IN THIS CASE " TH ...
read full comment
After carefully reading this article, I strongly smelled something fishy. I believe the buyers have a hand in this incident. I have learned a big lesson from this as an entrepreneur.
Hmmmm guys, the shop owners are saying that they want to pay all the full money back to the customers? Could it be that they themselves are potential ally?
DOM ask again.
Fraudulent people don't transact business trough the banks. The seller and the buyer are all criminals.
You could have paid him through ur bank. Transacting such business in physical cash shd be discouraged
BY CECELIA DAPAAs PRINCIPLE,, DON'T SEND YOUR MONEY TO THE BANK.... AND NPPIGS WHO ARE SOOO STUPID ALSO SUPPORT THAT WE SHOULD PUT MONEY UNDER OUR BEDS....
I wonder oh?
"ILLEGAL" Transactions cannot be carried out through the bank. They will question the source of the money.
I smell rat. Why should anybody in today's difficult and insecure Ghana carry cash in bags like rice? Where is Bawumia's digitalization or traditional transactions using cheques. There is an insider. the police must up their ...
read full comment
Boss, all these gold dealers transact business in cash. Its an illicit business just like drugs so channelling all that money through the banks is not smart.
These people are buying houses in UK like water and they are takin ...
read full comment
Kofi I beg to defer. Not all Gold dealer transact cash. Imagine 1% e-levy to receive that 6.3million. Also if I need to pay workers electronically, I need to pay 1% e-levy. In UK there is not charge on e-transaction so even i ...
read full comment
So you believe it's better to lose 6m to robbery than pay e-levy, wow.
To Fiifi. In case you don't know if you buy something worth £1 in UK and no fees do you know that the retailers pays fees to the banks or the credit card companies? That's why some retailers won't accept any transactions bel ...
read full comment
They deserve to lose i all, common sense suggests the huge amount of money shouldn't be carried around by individuals without any security details. Welcome to the 21st century where ever you may be!
The E-Levy is the reason for some of this things. Direct transfer will cost you so much.
The E Levy must be scraped as soon as possible
So you want to do business and not pay transaction charges? They should go to Ashaiman for their money then!! Nonsense!!
Eii Enyo. Don't let politics blind you. The digitisation agenda of the government is super. But with these charges implementation will be low. Check all countries that have succeed in digitising their economy and see if any c ...
read full comment
Massa ,travel and see . In usa ,there are no charges for electronic money transfer. In Ghana ,same bank transferring money between accounts, under one name ,they still charge 1%. Ghana is expensive because of useless economi ...
read full comment
Like drug barons these guys are engaged in illegal business and do not want to be monitored that is why they don't want to use the banking system.Recent investigations have also proved that they are in the real estate busines ...
read full comment
Why do you transact cash with such a huge amount? Couldn't it have been a bank transfer?
Have you ever heard of Marijuana (wee) sellers or prostitutes using the banking system ?This jewellery shop even though may registered is likely dealing in illegal business.
a Nigerian job
Mammakye atanfo Nigeria
INSIDER JOB IT IS POSSIBLE THE MONEY WAS COUNTERFEIT AND CROOKS ARRANGED WITH THESE ROBBERS TO STAGE A ROBBERY. NATIONAL SECURITY SHOULD GET INVOLVED FOR I SMEE A RAT HERE . OUR BUSINESS MEN ARE CROOKS FOR HOW COULD YOU PAY S ...
read full comment
Fool. U don't know gold itself is a currency and the shop no matter banking method used will have a gold or cash anyday at the shop
So there weren't any officer monitoring the CCTV as at that material moment to alert the police patrol team or the army?
What's the use of those street cameras?
Were they fixed because of trotros and taxis who cross the re ...
read full comment
The gold business itself that deals with large amounts of money doesn't have a CCTV, even though they were robbed a few months ago. I find that more puzzling...
Ashanti businessmen are wise. They are willing to repay the customer
Where are the cheque books? I hope this will compel people make use of the banks.
Use cheque books and a pay a little tax.
Its turf war my friend.
Insider Job. How did the robebrs know that such large sums of money were going to be paid. The police should seize all of them thier phones and take a look at the call logs
The Ghana police usually don't want to do this call log investigation stuff because you'll be surprise to find out that some of the calls are linked to some of the police officers' numbers
Useless people
E -levy is the problem
You have this money with you in your store?Is there no bank? Ghanaians has to learn from the US and Europe no one puts such money at home. Every day trading has to go to the bank. And companies have to start direct deposits t ...
read full comment
They are doing illegal things there that is why they dont want to use the banks. Do you genuinely think they are trading in Jewelery inside those shops? They deal in Gold, drugs and other things. Which normal human being wil ...
read full comment
@Kofi Adu:: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CECELIA DAPAA HAD UNDER HER BED?? PLS GO AND CHECK
I read all about Cecilia Dapaa case. She also if she had put the money in the bank what she is going through would not have happened. Most of the time because of dubious business transactions people are afraid to send money t ...
read full comment
What happened to e-payment? How can you pay someone with that huge amount?
These shops are helping galamsey in Ghana. This amount of money should have been kept at the bank but because, they wanted to avoid e-levy. they decided to keep the money at the shop. They have to prove how they got that mone ...
read full comment
Every body who is the shop around that time's phone should be collected and go through serious, forensic analysis from the past week to see who they were communicating with. Evil spirits in human form cause the devil came to ...
read full comment
This man must be arrested. Inner job!! By the way who pays over 6million in cash in this day and age? Money laundering?
THIS WHOLE THING BE SOME WAY BI. HOW CAN THE SELLER CONE WITH THAT SMALL CAR TO COLOECT SUCH SACKS OF MONEY? WATCHING THE CCTV FOOTAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, they were not in a hurry to move their car after collecting the money.
When will people wise up? How on earth will someone pay 6.2 million in cash? It does not make sense at all. Do the payment electronically and the money is safe. It is untenable to have over GH 6 million cash in a shop to pay ...
read full comment
The seller is a fool. This transaction should have been done through the bank but because of the avoidance of tax, the seller decided to sell this gold in the store.
Well, next time do your business through the bank
Inside dealing
This foolishness. Why do you receive payment of 7.5 million in cash? Why didn’t they pay through bank to be withdrawn at their destination? Galamsey money!!!
Why not payments direct to your bank by your customers and from your bank to this gold seller bank when you have been robbed in the past as you say. There is something not correct in this volume of cash transaction. What is t ...
read full comment
THIS IS VERY SAD AND HEARTBREAKING. AND THIS DAY AND AGE ,WHO PAY SOMETHING WITH THIS HUGE AMOUNTOF MONEY. COULDN'T YOU HAVE DONE BANK TRANSFER. THIS IS INSIDE JOB
I have a question on the buyer ???????????
If the seller were to loose this amount everytime he would be discouraged from galamsay and the environment would be improved.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS WAS A PLANNED OPERATION.
Money laundering, that amount of money should pass through the bank . That is how they avoid tax . Ghana has a long way to go ,Big and small criminals.
You keep suck huge sums of money in your shop and expect the police to come and protect you by fighting the robbers. A constable is not an iron man. Create your risk and face it.
It's ridiculous. How can you keep all that money in your shop? If they don't have anything to hide. a transaction involving such an amount of money should have been done through the banks. Sometimes thinking you are too s ...
read full comment
A fool pray here, within the two sides, one of them gives information to the Robbers. How the Robbers know that particular time, that amount was leaving, It means information came from both of one.
The security should arrest the thieves before giving any clue about their car and whatever!
In this day and age, you cannot do bank transfers. You still such huge monies around? Aba, aba, aba.
Smelling rat.
The narrative seems there is an insider.
Modern Ghana, couldn't u transact business electronically..Electronically Funds Transfer or EFT?
Why do you pay your customers in cash to the tune of this amount? That is unacceptable! Pay them with a check or transfer money through the bank? Are you trying to avoid paying taxes so you are doing cash transactions??
The story is not adding up and I’m beginning to suspect the owner of the shop and his workers.
The robbers of that raw gold seller were tipped by those in the store to rob the guy. How could you think of carting that huge sum of cash in a Toyota car? Haven't they heard of Mon-Tran & other cash handling companies? Many ...
read full comment
Hmm, your clients are just stupid. I can think far that they come to the shop sell gold to you and carry physical cash every time. How much will it cost you to hire an armed escort? Greediness will have cost you guys your liv ...
read full comment
Why you risk your life to the extend.taking cash to the tune 6million cedis cash when you either accept cash or payment online.
Why do they hold such an amount physically for a transaction? Why not pay through the banks? Stupidity in the first place. It needs more investigation about its legality. To Ghana police, how long did it take them to know abo ...
read full comment
Done to evade tax
We are contemporary world why are not doing business through bank
Given this stupid robber chance to looting such amount of money
Anyway may the good Lord review their hideout to the law enforcement
Why transact business in this day and age like it used to be in the 50s and 60s ? If they won't change from their old ways then the robbers will always have their way and at the end of the day, it will be tears and wailing. N ...
read full comment
Can start paying for goods and services with cheques? In today's digitallyzation, you are still paying such a huge amount in cash.
In this era of technology why keep such amount of money in the shop. It serves them right both the shop and the gold seller. It's because they don't want the transaction to reflect in their accounts for tax purposes they chos ...
read full comment
You Guys cannot be serious. You deal with so much amount of cash. Esemoara!!!!
This is an outdated method of keeping such a huge amount of money in your business premises. Find other methods of keeping the sales until an armed bullion-carrying company is arranged to come to pick up the money and deposit ...
read full comment
In this day and age, why should the jewellers pay cash?
Also I do not understand why the sellers would also opt for cash transaction. This robbery was avoidable.
It's only ppl who do illegal business that pay with huge cash. They either do not want to pay tax or don't have license to do the business or they use gold as cover up to do other illegal business like drug/human/arms traffic ...
read full comment
By disclosing this information it is a call to another robbery
How such a huge sums of money be paid without the owners available? These owners are first suspect.
Hot girls are waiting for you on --- www.Hot4.eu
The money could have been transferred into the Gold seller's account. Why do you hand over such a huge amount of cash knowing the risk involved in keeping large amount of physical cash? Insider job, no doubt!!!
Bawumia, take note,
If you are aware that the useless Engineer you put in charge of ECG making our life miserable by putting off the light every now and then whilst he leaves some part of Prampram where they classify those p ...
read full comment
GRA should invest whether this shop pays appropriate tax returns
Why would a company be pay this huge amount of money in cash ,if not trying to invade tax by both parties. There must be monetary regulations in place by the Central Bank to avoid such risks to life and property.
WHEN E- LEVY IS CANCELLED, ALL THESE WILL STOP. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE WILL PAY THROUGH TRANSFER INTO HIS BANK?. ANYWAY, THE NAME SOUNDS LIKE NPP VOTER WHO STILL SUPPORT BAWUMIA SO I CARE LESS
TRUMU TRUMU woni twasere. Animal like you
How did the robbers got to know that transaction was going to happen on that day,then they took advantage to Rob the customer. It was someone who gave them the hint because if not that how would the robbers didn't come there ...
read full comment
CID must not look far, this robbery is inside job. How did the robbers got to know that a gold supplier was supplyng on that day and the mode of payment was to be cash? No gold dealer should supply to that shop ever again, th ...
read full comment
They are fools and they deserved it. In this modern world where banks are ever ready to take bulk cash on our behalf, because you want to show off you try to transport it in Toyota camry?
Is this a monet laundering operation or a gold buying transaction. Who pays cash of over 6 million ghc in a purchase and sale transaction
Are there no banks in Ghana? How can you keep such huge amount of money in a shop ,unless you have something to hide that's when you do this senseless thing.
Money dey the system inside wasaaaaaa
The owner must be arrested. Everything about this robbery is smells fishy
They will sit with the customer and pay him all the money stolen? It is ¢6.2m we talking about here and you are going to sit with him and pay the money to him? Are you in possession of the stolen money or you have too much m ...
read full comment
SO GRA HAVE YOU GONE TO CHECK THE RECEIPT FOR THE TRANSACTION FOR TAX??…BUT IF I BUY KENKEY AND FISH P3 YOU WILL COME AND STRETCH YOUR HAND FOR VAT!!!
I N S I D E J O B
How such transactions be carried out in raw cash?
They just robbed their supplier. The shop owner and his workers must all be arrested.
I smell something fishy here. Why would you offer to repay at such as early stage after the incident.
Why transact huge amounts of money without you present to check the right thing has been done. The customer sold the gold to them and rob the customer the money they gave him. 1.The customer was foolish to trust them not thin ...
read full comment
THIS IS THE TRICk: The customer brought the gold. The shop owner called his guys to come and collect the money they had paid the customer. They are going to share the money. If this is not the case then why has the shop owner ...
read full comment
Where did he get the gold? Polluting our waters?
This robbery is well organized because the people involved are top top operators in the gold business. This rubbers have big guys behind them. Everything about this rubbery is very strange behind human comprehension.. We have ...
read full comment
You have this kind of money but can't spend just a little bit for security and security camera's etc?
Inside job!!!!!
This day and age of digitization and mobile money interoperability how could any sane person carry such huge sums of money?
Investigate them. Its an inside job to recover their "apprenticeship," former loss.
Job for the BOYS.
ompany incorporated with limited liability and a share capital under the laws of any jurisdiction may apply to the Registrar of Companies to be registered by way of continuation (re-domiciled) as an exempt company limited by ...
read full comment
I believe an insurance company will suffer Insurance
If you won't put it in the bank you'll put it in armed robbers' pockets.
: Bank wire transfer to all countries
We are sending wire transfer and direct flashing to any country
Chase wasap him 0 04 47853053870
Capital one bank
PNC
Access bank
TD bank
And other banks accepted
Bank f ...
read full comment
: Bank wire transfer to all countries
We are sending wire transfer and direct flashing to any country
Chase wasap him 0 04 47853053870
Capital one bank
PNC
Access bank
TD bank
And other banks accepted
Bank f ...
read full comment
Is the interviewer a trained Journalist?
He should have sked the owners why they did not pay the customer through the bank.
Secondly how come the robbers did not go into the shop to get all the gold there? He should have ...
read full comment
This is inside job, how did the robers know that such transaction is going on, the owner of the shop is number one suspect why didn't they do bank transfer. Is not elligal to carry such a huge amount.
This robbery incident wss orchestrated by the Jewelry company who bought the Galamseyer.
*... bought the gold from the Galamseyer*
How does the robbers know they will be paid in cash, how do they know there is this transaction going on that day.
These are questions that needs asking. It amounts to serious inside job. It leaves a lot to be desired.
The ...
read full comment
So why do you transact such large amounts of business by cash? Are you illiterates? I suspect insider information. Your workers might be linked to these robberies. How did anyone got to know about such huge transactions? Hmmm ...
read full comment