The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has disclosed that the alleged mastermind behind the suspected gold bars and counterfeit currency intercepted at Sapeiman remains at large.
According to the Minister, persons arrested in connection with the case are still before the courts, while some suspected kingpins linked to the case have been placed on a stoplist.
He added that the counterfeit currencies seized during the operation have been destroyed by the Bank of Ghana (BoG), while the suspected gold bars have been handed over to the Gold Board for further action.
He announced this when he appeared before the Committee on Assurance in Parliament on Tuesday, July 7.
“Unfortunately for us, the lead person in all of this had escaped, but those who were arrested are still being prosecuted. The Bank of Ghana told us that those currencies were fake, so they have destroyed them. We have not been able to get all of them, but prosecution is ongoing.
“We have put some of the kingpins who have not been arrested on the stop list; any day that they try to run out of the country, we will arrest them,” he said.
On February 9, 2025, National Security operatives confiscated counterfeit currency and suspected gold bars concealed in 12 containers at Sapeiman, a suburb of Accra. Acting on a tip-off, officers raided a warehouse in Sapeiman, within the Ga South Municipality, where the illegal stash was uncovered.
Upon inspection, bundles of fake US dollars were found inside wooden boxes, which had been hidden within cement to avoid detection. Other items seized included counterfeit Ghana cedi notes, as well as fake Ghana Army uniforms and boots, raising further security concerns.
