A suspected ringleader of a seven-member armed gang that attacked miners at Antobia in the early hours of Monday has been arrested by police during a follow-up operation at a shrine in the Juaboso area.
According to the complainant, Alex Owusu, the incident occurred on November 17, 2025 at about 2:00 a.m., when seven masked young men armed with pump-action and single-barrel guns stormed their mining site.
The attackers reportedly assaulted the miners with cutlasses and robbed them of gold concentrate (black) and mobile phones.
Owusu told police that some of the robbers wore identifiable clothing, including smocks decorated with talismans and a military camouflage shirt.
Following the report, police officers—assisted by a private cyber specialist—tracked one of the stolen mobile phones. The signal led them to a shrine at Attakrom, a cottage community within the Juaboso enclave.
The shrine is owned by Victor Biney, alias “Abeiku,” who is already facing multiple robbery and murder charges before the Bibiani Circuit Court.
Although the suspect was absent when officers arrived, a thorough search of the shrine in the presence of witnesses uncovered a cache of weapons and items believed to be linked to the robbery.
The items included a military camouflage shirt, a pair of handcuffs, two cutlasses, pne single-barrel gun and forehead flashlights.
The rest are 17 AAA live cartridges, five smocks, a plastic basin containing particles of gold concentrate, mercury, a pump-action gun butt and other related items.
All exhibits were transported to the police station.
While returning from the operation, officers encountered Biney on the road and arrested him. At the station, he reportedly identified and admitted ownership of the gun, cartridges, handcuffs, flashlights, smocks, cutlasses, camouflage shirt, and other retrieved items.
The complainant and victims also confirmed that several of the retrieved items—including three flashlights, mercury, gold concentrate particles, three smocks, and the military camouflage shirt—were used by the robbers during the attack.
Later on the same day, November 17, 2025, Biney was arraigned before the Juaboso District Court and remanded into police custody. He is expected to reappear on December 8, 2025.
Police say the accused remains in detention, all exhibits have been secured, and efforts are underway to trace and arrest the remaining accomplices. Further updates are expected as investigations continue.
