The Ghana Police Service has arrested three Police officers and two military personnel over their alleged involvement in a robbery syndicate linked to a string of attacks across Accra, Tema, Anyinam, Kumasi and Takoradi.
According to a statement shared on the Police Service’s official Facebook page, the suspects are believed to be part of a criminal network accused of robbing victims of cash, gold and mercury during coordinated operations in different parts of the country.
Police said investigations commenced after an Ivorian investor, identified as Mousa Bamba, lodged a complaint that he had been lured to Dzorwulu under the pretext of purchasing six kilograms of gold worth US$450,000.
The suspects allegedly posed as CID officers and military personnel before attacking the investor at gunpoint and making away with the valuables.
Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of Mohammed Umaro, alias Alhaji, and Gabriel Sewornu, also known as Dangote.
Further investigations subsequently implicated two military officers — Lance Corporal Eugene Akurugu and Lance Corporal Emmanuel Arko, alias Bullet — as well as three Police officers identified as Inspector Richmond Osei, Corporal Gideon Anor and Lance Corporal Felix Deku Tetteyga.
The Police administration said the officers involved have since been interdicted to allow for further investigations into the matter.
The statement further disclosed that intelligence-led operations conducted by the Office of the Special Operations Assistant to the Inspector-General of Police on May 23 and 24, 2026, resulted in the arrest of additional suspects, including Justin Oduro, alias Don King or Mafia, Clement Gyasi and Farouk Zakari.
All the suspects are currently in Police custody assisting investigations, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend other accomplices believed to be connected to the syndicate.
