Two self-acclaimed National Security operatives and a sprayer were apprehended on Monday by the Central North Command of the Ghana Police Service for allegedly extorting money from illegal miners at Asamang in the Assin North District of the Central Region.  

The suspects are Nana Kwame, also known as “Money Fresh,” Daniel Amoako Arthur, alias “Rasta,” and one Cobbinah from Assin Bereku. 

Law enforcement officers confiscated two pump-action guns from the suspects, who confessed that the weapons were seized from one of the notorious galamsey sites and had since kept them. 

According to the Central North Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Abraham Acquaye, said the suspects failed to produce any identification to substantiate their claims of being National Security personnel. 

He told the Ghana News Agency that the vigilant members of the Asamang community, who had been observing activities of the suspects at the site for several weeks, confronted and detained them during one of their alleged extortion attempts in the community.  

He said the community vigilantes subsequently handed them over to the New Edubiase Police, in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region due to proximity. 

Following preliminary investigations, DCOP Acquaye indicated that the suspects, who said they reside at Bereku in the Assin North District, were transferred to the Central North Regional Police Command.  

He said they were in police custody, cooperating with ongoing investigations and would soon be arraigned.