Accra: Two self-acclaimed National Security operatives and a sprayer were apprehended 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.

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

He informed the Ghana News Agency that vigilant members of the Asamang community, who had been observing the activities of the suspects at the site for several weeks, confronted and detained them during one of their alleged extortion attempts in the community. 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 claimed they reside at Bereku in the Assin North District, were transferred to the Central North Regional Police Command. They are currently in police custody, cooperating with ongoing investigations and will soon be arraigned.