The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of AICO1 Ahmed Abdul Samad, an officer of the Ghana Immigration Service, who is suspected of being behind the transportation of over 2,000 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition and bulletproof vests recently intercepted in the Ashanti Region.
According to a statement by the police cited by GhanaWeb, the Upper East Police requested the release of AICO1 Samad from the Ghana Immigration Service after its investigations pointed to him as the main suspect in the illicit transfer of the ammunition.
It said that the suspect, who is currently based in Paga in the Upper East Region, was handed over by the Regional Provost of the Bolga Regional Immigration Office.
The police indicated that the suspect denied knowledge of the 2,000 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition, stating that he only asked his colleague in Accra to send some personal items he left behind through the driver who was arrested with the ammunition.
“During interrogation, the suspect disclosed that he was a dispatch rider at the Tema Regional Immigration Head Office. That, in the month of June 2025, he was transferred to Paga Sector Command and left his body armour plate and old black long boots behind.
“On 26/12/2025, he asked one Isaac, also an Immigration officer at the main headquarters, Accra, to send the body armour to him. That Isaac agreed and parcelled body armour plate, long black boots, ballistic helmet, electric diffuser and disco bulb, and gave them to OA Bus with registration number GT 5771-18,” part of the statement reads.
The suspect reportedly said that he called one Siso at Walewale to take delivery of the parcel, but later heard that the police had arrested Siso.
Police intercept over 2,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, bulletproof vests bound for Walewale
The police, in a post shared on Tuesday, announced the interception of the 2,600 rounds of ammunition heading for Walewale in the North East Region by its officers in the Ashanti Region.
It also said that it arrested three people, including the driver of the vehicle transporting the items.
“The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects for unlawful possession of 2,600 AK-47 ammunition and related accoutrements at the Kantanso–Asankare Police Barrier in the Ashanti Region.
“The suspects, Kwame Afram, a bus driver, and Godfred Essel, a mate, were arrested on 26th December 2025 when police officers on duty intercepted a Kia Granbird bus with registration number GT 5771-18 at the Kantanso–Asankare Police Barrier while travelling from Accra towards Walewale en route to Paga,” part of the statement reads.
It added, “A thorough search conducted on the bus revealed two containers concealed in the vehicle, which contained a total of two thousand six hundred (2,600) AK-47 ammunition. A further search of the bus led to the recovery of a bag hidden under the driver’s seat containing two bulletproof plates, one black crushed helmet, and a pair of long boots.”
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