Ghana: No Permits, No Armoured Bullion Vehicles - Interior Ministry

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Ghana’s Interior Ministry and the Ghana Police Service have stepped up enforcement of rules covering armoured bullion vehicles (ABVs), following concerns about cash-in-transit security. According to Ghanaian Times via AllAfrica, officials said the aim is to ensure that vehicles used to move cash and other valuables are imported, certified, modified and retired only under approved standards.

A one-day sensitisation workshop was held in Accra for private security firms, cash-in-transit operators, importers and retrofitting companies. The event was organised by the Police Service with the Interior Ministry and other stakeholders to explain the ABV guidelines, which were introduced in December 2025. Those rules cover permits, vehicle certification, maintenance, inspections, personnel qualifications, retrofitting and decommissioning.

Deputy Interior Minister Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi said the tighter controls are intended to address weaknesses exposed by armed attacks on cash-in-transit operations between 2021 and 2023, during which three police officers were killed. He warned that anyone converting vehicles into ABVs without the required permits and ministerial approval could face sanctions, including licence revocation.

Police official COP Daniel Efriyie said enforcement and monitoring have already led to the withdrawal of soft-skinned cash-in-transit vehicles from nationwide operations. He added that the service has developed its own standard operating procedure to work alongside the Bank of Ghana’s framework, and urged road users to give ABVs space in traffic.