Ghana arrests three Indian nationals suspected of smuggling gold
Ghana has arrested three Indian nationals for allegedly smuggling gold out of the West African nation for the past decade.
The three were arrested at their private residence in Kumasi, the second biggest city on a tip off, Ghana Gold Board said in a statement on X.
An amount of 1.9 million cedis ($133,333), 4,500 rupees, 4.36 kilograms of gold and two counting machines were found on the suspects, whose ages are 42, 35 and 22, it said. A CCTV recorder and an Indian passport were also found in their possession, it said.
Ghana is Africa鈥檚 top gold producer. The country鈥檚 gold exports rose more than 50% to $11.6 billion in 2024. Black-market trading of the metal is induced by small-scale mining activity, which represents about a third of output.
(By Moses Mozart Dzawu)
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