The Volta Regional Police Command intercepted a Ford Transit Van loaded with 68 fertilizer bags containing over one million Ghana cedis in coins and one-cedi notes at Juapong in the Eastern Region.
According to a statement by the Ghana Police Service on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, the total amount of cash, hidden in fertilizer bags at Juapong, was discovered at the Juapong Snap Check while being transported to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. "On June 3, 2025, at about 16:45, upon information, the Regional Police Command intercepted a Ford Transit Bus loaded with sixty-eight (68) fertilizer bags containing one-cedi notes and coins totaling One Million, Twenty-One Thousand, Seven Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,021,700) at Juapong Snap Check en route to Kumasi, Ashanti Region. "The driver of the vehicle, suspect Edward Ansah, upon interrogation, told the police he was engaged by a man in Kumasi to convey the currency notes and coins from Ho, Volta Region, to him in Kumasi, Ashanti Region," the police statement said.
The statement added that the suspect is in police custody, assisting with investigations.
Pictures shared by the Ghana Police Service show dozens of fertilizer sacks packed in the bus, while other pictures display fresh bundles of one-cedi notes packaged in the sacks.
