Adabraka Daylight Robbery: Jewellery shop owners share details of GH¢7.5 million theft

Owners of Cabest Jewellery, the jewellery shop at Adabraka, a suburb of Accra, where a robbery incident took place on Saturday, November 2, 2024, have given details of the incident.

Speaking on GhanaWeb TV’s #SayItLoud, one of the owners of Cabest Jewellery, Clement Amos Baffour, said that robbers attacked one of their gold suppliers.

He said that as the supplier was leaving the shop after selling raw gold to them, the robbers crossed him and took all the money from the transaction.

“I was not here when the incident happened. I was leaving home for the shop when one of my workers called to inform me that the armed robbers were here again. They attacked one of the customers who came to sell an item to us and was leaving in his car. They crossed him, blasted his car tyre and asked him to get down and open the boot of the car, and they took all the money we gave to him.

“It was the money we gave to the customer that they stole. They did not go into the shop. We gave him around GH¢6.2 million. We are going to sit with the customer to see how we are going to resolve the issue. Some of the money also belongs to other people,” he said in Twi.

He added, “The police are investigating the matter, they came here for information and they are still chasing the robbers. I’m also pleading with any person who has information to help us.”

A co-owner of Cabest Jewellery also indicated that in all, the robbers stole around GH¢7.5 million from the victim.

“I’m partners with Mr Baffour. We paid him and when he was leaving, he was attacked. The amount robbed was more than GH¢6.2 million. What we paid him was more than GH¢6.2 million. He had gone somewhere for some more, so in all, the money was around GH¢7.5 million.”

He also indicated that he and his partner, Baffour, have decided to repay the customer all the money that was stolen from him.

Residents who spoke to GhanaWeb expressed their frustration over the increase in robbery activities in the area.

They said that they now fear for their lives because this is the second time in less than 3 months the same shop has been robbed.

They asked the Ghana Police Service to step up their game by responding urgently to their calls and also provide more security to the area due to the presence of the jewellery shops.

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