The Anti-Armed Robbery Response Unit (AARU) of the Ghana Police has foiled an attempted robbery at the MRB Rural Bank at Winneba in the Central Region.

The police said that at about 1 a.m. on Friday, August 15, 2025, the bank’s alarm was triggered, drawing the attention of the patrol team on duty. 

The patrol team, it said, sensing unusual activity, proceeded to the bank on enquiries. 

"On reaching the location, they were met with sporadic gunshots from the robbers. After a brief exchange of fire, the robbery gang bolted, leaving behind one pump action gun and other implements," the police stated.

The AARU team, the police said one pump action gun was retrieved together with one empty cartridge, from the scene.

The police said the investigation conducted so far suggested that the robbery was carried out by about five armed men. 

They attempted to break into the bank's vault, but the timely intervention of the Police patrol team foiled the plans of the robbery gang. 

"The modus operandi of this robbery gang is similar to that of the gang in the earlier rural bank robberies reported, suggesting that it is the same gang who are responsible for all the robberies," the police stated.

It said intelligence shows that they may be hiding in Kumasi.

The police said a team of surveillance men from the AARU was still at Kumasi trying to locate them.