The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of one of its personnel, Assistant Immigration Control Officer I Ahmed Abdul Samad, in connection with an ongoing police investigation into ammunition trafficking.

In a press release issued on January 6, 2026, the Ghana Immigration Service stated that its Upper East Regional Command released the staff to the Ghana Police Service following a formal request.

The arrest is linked to the interception of 2600 AK-47 ammunition by the Police at the Asankare police barrier in the Ashanti Region.

The GIS emphasised that it will not shield any officer whose actions threaten public safety or compromise the integrity of the Service.

It assured the public of its full cooperation with the police investigation and reiterated its commitment to professionalism, accountability, and national security.

The release said appropriate disciplinary action will be taken against any officer found culpable in accordance with established laws and procedures.

The immigration officer stationed in Bolgatanga was arrested by the police in connection with the 2,600 rounds of AK 47 ammunition that were being transported to northern Ghana last week and were intercepted by police personnel on barrier duties at Asankare in the Ashanti Region.

The immigration officer, is stationed at the Bolgatanga Regional Provost of Immigration Office.

Police preliminary investigation has established that a body armour plate, bullet proof helmet and an old black long boot that were on the bus, which was transporting the ammunition, belonged to him.

Two people. a bus driver and his assistant, who were transporting 2,600 rounds of AK-47 ammunition to northern Ghana from Accra, were arrested last week by the police.

They were intercepted at the Asankare police barrier in the Ashanti Region during a routine check on December 26, 2025.

The suspects were travelling with a Kia Granbird bus with registration number GT 5771 18 from Accra to Walewale, with Paga as the final destination.

They have since been detained for unlawful possession.

They have been identified as Kwame Afram, the bus driver, and Godfred Essel, his mate.

A search on the bus uncovered two concealed containers holding the ammunition.

Police also retrieved two bulletproof plates, one black helmet, and a pair of long boots hidden under the driver’s seat.

Afram and Essel are currently in police custody, assisting with investigations.

The bus and all retrieved items have been impounded.

Immigration officer's issue

According to a police report, the Upper East Regional Police Commander, DCOP John Dzineku Ferguson, acting on information that the suspect was behind the transportation of body armour, long boots, and a helmet, requested his release from the Ghana Immigration Service to the police as part of investigations.

It said on January 2, 2026, at about 1220 hours, the immigration officer was handed over to the police.

During interrogation, the suspect told the police that prior to his transfer to the Upper East Region, he was a dispatch rider at the Tema Regional Immigration office. 

He said he was transferred to Paga in June 2025, and he left his body armour plate and an old black long boot behind.

On December 26, 2025, he (suspect) asked one Isaac, also an Immigration officer at the main headquarters in Accra to send the body armour to him in Paga.

According to preliminary police information, Isaac agreed and packed the body armour plate, long black boots, ballistic helmet, electric diffuser and disco bulb, and gave them to a bus with registration number GT 5771-18, driven by Charles Brown to be sent to him in Paga. 

On December 27, 2025, the immigration officer in Paga called one Siso at Walewale to take delivery of the parcel, but later, he heard that Siso had been arrested by the Police.

The suspect, the police indicated, had been detained for investigations.