The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed the arrest of two of its personnel for their alleged involvement in an attempted extortion and robbery linked to illegal mining activities.

According to reports, the two soldiers were arrested alongside two civilians following a failed robbery attempt at the Longshine Mining Company in Obouhu, a suburb of Prestea in the Western Region.

A video circulating on social media shows the uniformed officers being escorted into a police vehicle for transfer to Accra, where further investigations are ongoing.

The incident, which took place on Sunday, September 28, 2025, has heightened public concern over the increasing number of security officers being implicated in violent crimes.

Confirming the development in a statement issued in Accra on Thursday, October 2, Navy Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin, Acting Director General of Public Relations for the GAF, said the military is working closely with the police to establish the facts.

“If found culpable, the personnel will face the law as any other citizen of Ghana. The GAF will not shield any of its members involved in criminal activities,” she stressed.

Source: Adomonline

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Read the full statement below:

The incident occurred on Sunday, September 28, at Prestea-Obouhu.

The company’s Public Relations Officer, Zion Rootman, confirmed the incident in an interview with Accra0based Channel One News.

Mr. Rootman explained that the suspects arrived at the site in a pickup truck, with two masked.

According to him, the company quickly alerted the Prestea Police, who intervened and apprehended the suspects during the operation.

They have since been transferred to the Tarkwa Regional Police Command for further investigation.

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Preliminary investigations revealed that the five armed men attacked the mining site, robbing workers of gold concentrate amidst gunfire.

In a statement, the Police Public Affairs Unit explained that one of the suspects, Akwasi Abban, was apprehended at the scene by workers, while the others managed to escape.

“Suspect Akwasi Abban admitted to the robbery and mentioned the site foreman, Ebenezer Soore, as the person who provided information to the robbery syndicate,” the statement added.

This confession led to the arrest of Soore and three other accomplices: Elijah Arthur, alias Possible; Elisha Arthur, alias Skonzy; and David Agyarko, alias Big Man, on June 2, 2025.

“All the suspects have since been put before court and remanded into prison custody,” the release noted.

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The suspect reportedly gave his identity as 27-year-old Lance Corporal Eric Opoku.

Eric and three others who are currently on the run are said to have attacked and robbed a mining site at Nyamesom near Kwabenakwa.

However, GAF in a statement has said it has no ties with the suspect nor has he been deployed for any operation at the said site.

The statement signed by the Director of Public Relations, Brigadier General Eric Aggrey-Quashie stressed all persons who use military accruement without authorisation will be dealt with when caught.

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Below is GAF’s statement: