Ghana Police hands over GHC85,000 cash found on highway to owner

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GHC85,000 cash found on highway

The Bono East Regional Police Command has returned GHC85,000 cash abandoned on the Techiman-Kumasi Highway to the owner.

Reports suggest that officers at the Police Snap Check Point discovered the bag on February 14, 2026, at around 4:20 a.m.

According to a Police statement, the bag is said to have fallen from a moving vehicle, had the name “Ofori” and a phone number written on it.

A police statement issued on X stated, “POLICE HANDS OVER FOUND BAG CONTAINING CASH OF GHC 85,000.00 TO THE OWNER.

The Bono East  Regional Police Command, Techiman, received a found bag containing cash amounting to GHC 85,000.00”.

On February 14, 2026, at approximately 04:20 hours, the attention of the police officers on duty at the Police Snap Check Point on the Techiman-Kumasi Highway was drawn to a bag which had possibly fallen off a moving vehicle and was lying on the roadside.

The bag bore the name “Ofori” and a phone number written on it.

The duty officers, led by Inspector George Appiah, with three (3) others, took the bag and realised it contained money. The officers dutifully handed over the bag to the Regional Command for investigation.

The contact number on the bag was called, and a 53-year-old businessman from Ashtown, Kumasi, who identified himself as Stephen Ofori, responded. He later reported the check to claim ownership of the bag.

Mr Ofori stated that the money, an amount of Ghc 85,000, was being transported from GCB Bank, Wa, to Kumasi via a commercial vehicle.

The amount was verified in the presence of the owner, and the same was confirmed to be GHC 85,000.00

After a satisfactory explanation from the claimant and upon further verification, the police released the cash sum of GHC 85,000.00 to him.

We wish to highly commend our officers and the community members who brought this to the attention of the Police”. 

In related news, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has cleared a decade-long promotion backlog in the Ghana Police Service, approving the elevation of 12,802 officers to various ranks.

IGP Yohuno’s promotions, ranging from Lance Corporals to Chief Inspectors, were part of a backlog exercise.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Secretariat made this known to the media following claims that promotions within the Service had been fraught with nepotism.

According to the Secretariat, the promotions were mainly administrative and based on special recommendations, which are in line with the Police Regulations, 2012 (Constitutional Instrument 76).

The IGP’s Secretariat dismissed the claims, stressing that all promotions were supervised by unit, district, divisional and regional commanders across the country’s 25 police regions.

The Secretariat stated in a press statement stated, “Information was sent to all unit, district, divisional and regional commanders across the 25 police regions to submit the names of officers due for promotion, and that was how the administration arrived at the final list.

“Moreover, promotions in the Police Service cannot be carried out solely by the IGP, as CI 76 makes that clear.”

The Secretariat further detailed that about 11,900 officers within the lower ranks were elevated by one step, with approximately 600 promotions being granted based on special recommendations.

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