{"id":7280,"date":"2025-04-29T11:08:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/?p=7280"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T11:08:24","slug":"goldbod-goes-hard-on-gold-smugglers-3-foreigners-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/goldbod-goes-hard-on-gold-smugglers-3-foreigners-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldbod goes hard on gold smugglers\u2026 3 foreigners arrested\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7281\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7281\" src=\"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0007-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0007-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0007.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NIB and Goldbod officials addressing press with suspects standing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adnan Adams Mohammed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Gold Board security taskforce has swing into action barely a month of its operationalisation, arresting three foreign nationals in a gold smuggling syndicate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The three suspects: Goutam Katriya, 35; Miraj Sarvaych, 22; and Manash Damani, 42, are Indian nationals who are in the business of trading gold in Kumasi and Accra for Unique MM, a company allegedly owned by one Musah Salifu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arrested at their private residence around Atinga Junction in Kumasi, which has been converted into a gold trading center.\u00a0 The suspects were arraigned before the Achimota Circuit court yesterday and remanded into custody for a period of two (2) weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrest was based on a tip off from a patriotic whistle blower that the suspects were purchasing gold at \u201cblack market\u201d rate for the purpose of smuggling\u201d, the Director of Investigations at National Security, Chief Superintendent Osman Alhassan, disclosed at a press conference in Accra. Further indicating that, \u201can amount of 1.9 million cedis, 4,500 rupees, 4.363 kilograms of gold, two counting machines, a CCTV recorder and an Indian passport were found in the possession of the suspects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7282\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7282\" src=\"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0006-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0006-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0006-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0006-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/newsguideafrica.com\/wp-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250429-WA0006.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian Gold Smuggling Suspects<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Read statement below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*THREE SUSPECTED GOLD SMUGGLERS ARRESTED BY GOLDBOD SECURITY TASKFORCE, REMANDED INTO CUSTODY BY CIRCUIT COURT*<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>29th April, 2025<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Three (3) suspected gold smugglers have been arrested by the GoldBod security taskforce.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The three suspects \u2014 Goutam Katriya, 35, Miraj Sarvaych, 22, Manash Damani, 42, are Indian nationals who are in the business of trading gold in Kumasi and Accra for Unique MM, a company allegedly owned by one Musah Salifu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arrested at their private residence around Atinga Junction in Kumasi, which has been converted into a gold trading center.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The arrest was based on a tip off from a patriotic whistle blower that the suspects were purchasing gold at \u201cblack market\u201d rate for the purpose of smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arraigned before the Achimota Circuit court yesterday and remanded into custody for a period of two (2) weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference in Accra, the Director of Investigations at National Security, Chief Superintendent Osman Alhassan, disclosed that an amount of 1.9 million cedis, 4,500 rupees, 4.363 kilograms of gold, two counting machines, a CCTV recorder and an Indian passport were found in the possession of the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigations by National Security so far revealed, that none of the three suspects possess a valid license that allows them to purchase or deal in gold in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects who been dealing in gold in Ghana for over a decade, have not been able to adduce any residence permit or work permit or tax payment records on their business operations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it\u2019s been revealed that Musah Salifu, a Ghanaian, who is alleged to be the sole shareholder of the Unique MM, is only a front for Goutam Katriya, the real beneficial owner and alter ego of the company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Superintendent Osman Alhassan cautioned both Ghanaians and foreign nationals against violating the provisions of the Ghana Gold Board Act and other laws governing the gold trading sector of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis arrest is only the beginning of GoldBod\u2019s\u00a0 ruthless war against illegal gold trading and gold smuggling. We know that the arrested suspects smuggle gold through unapproved border points into India. This has serious negative consequences for the Ghanaian economy. We are still gathering intelligence on several illegal gold traders and smugglers. And very soon, we shall take necessary action.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are to remain in NIB custody until May 12, 2025, when they are expected to reappear before the court.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a related matter, the GoldBod has reiterated its directive for all foreigners in the gold trading sector to exit the market by 30th April, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All persons dealing in gold have also been directed to trade in Ghana cedis and at the Bank of Ghana Reference Rate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A breach of these directive, shall constitute a punishable offense under the GoldBod Act, 2025 (ACT 1140). This was contained in a Press Release issued by the GoldBod dated 23 April, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Adnan Adams Mohammed &nbsp; The Ghana Gold Board security taskforce has swing into action barely a month of its operationalisation, arresting three foreign nationals in a gold smuggling syndicate. &nbsp; &nbsp; The three suspects: Goutam Katriya, 35; Miraj Sarvaych, 22; and Manash Damani, 42, are Indian nationals who are in the business of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,5,8],"tags":[771,2158,1997],"class_list":{"0":"post-7280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy-and-finance","7":"category-tw-lifestyle","8":"category-minerals-and-energy","9":"category-news","10":"tag-ghana-gold","11":"tag-gold-smugglers","12":"tag-goldbod"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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