The Volta Regional Police Command has intercepted a Ford Transit Bus loaded with an amount of cash, approximately GHC1,021,700 in one cedi notes and coins, at the Juapong snap checkpoint on Tuesday at about 4:45 p.m.
According to police sources, the money was concealed in sixty-eight fertilizer bags and was being transported from Ho in the Volta Region to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The driver of the bus, identified as Edward Ansah, was arrested and is currently assisting with investigations.
During initial interrogation, Ansah claimed that he had been hired by an unnamed individual in Kumasi to convey the cash from Ho.
