Sixteen suspected individuals have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service (GPS) for their involvement in various criminal activities recorded in the capital city between November and December 2025.
The crimes for which the suspects were apprehended included daylight robbery, phone snatching, residential robbery, impersonation of a military officer, arms dealing, and disruption of illegal weapons supply.
The arrests were confirmed by the Director General of the Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the GPS, Commissioner of Police (COP) Lydia Yaako Donkor, during a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday. According to her, the suspects were apprehended at their hideouts following months of intelligence-led and coordinated operations by the GPS.
One of the suspects was arrested in connection with a daylight robbery at a jewellery shop in Adabreka, where GH¢7.5 million in gold transaction proceeds was being conveyed to a bank. Five others were apprehended for their involvement in notorious phone snatching and armed robbery syndicates operating within Accra and Tema.
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Additionally, eight suspects were arrested for residential robberies in areas including Airport Residential Area, Oyibi, and Spintex, where they stole valuable items from victims' homes.
Preliminary investigations and searches conducted by the GPS led to the recovery of firearms and weapons, including pistols, a pump-action gun, AK47 assault rifles, helmets, cutlasses, boots, body armour vests, a military camouflage bag, a bayonet, a Huawei Gota set, and a pair of handcuffs (serial number 46446).
COP Donkor revealed that Abdulai Ibrahim, a suspect involved in arms dealing, had been trafficking firearms to the Northern Region. He was arrested at the point of transaction at Sodom and Gomorah in Accra, where he intended to sell a CZ rifle for GH¢35,000. During interrogation, the suspect disclosed that he had previously purchased and transported seven pump-action guns to individuals in Wulensi, sourcing the weapons from an arms dealer around UTC in Accra.
COP Donkor also announced that the CID had secured the conviction of Pergringo Braimah Abubakar Sadick (54) for the unlawful discharge of a firearm in public, following a ruling by the Adenta Circuit Court One, which revoked his firearm license and ordered its confiscation by the state.
She reaffirmed the GPS's commitment to enforcing the law and ensuring public safety, particularly in addressing the unlawful use of firearms. COP Donkor urged citizens to surrender illegal or unregistered firearms to the appropriate authorities, emphasising that the GPS would continue to fight the proliferation of firearms across the country.
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