Top soldier arrested for selling M16, other sophisticated guns to criminal gangs

​Military officer arrested for attempting to illegally sell gun

By Sarah Baafi A Warrant Officer Class II with the Ghana Armed Forces has been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell military-grade weapons to a civilian buyer in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region. In an intelligence-led operation on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at about 2:30pm, security officers arrested W.O. II David Kofi Brew of the 4th Battalion in Kumasi at the Bekwai Shell Filling Station, where he was reportedly finalising a deal to supply …

Top soldier arrested for selling M16, other sophisticated guns to criminal gangs

The cover of Warrant Officer II(WO II) of the 4BN of the Ghana Armed Forces, W.O. II, David Kofi Brew, who has gained notoriety in selling sophisticated guns to criminal gangs in the Ashanti Region has been blown leading to his arrest. At the time of his arrest, MyNewsGh.com gathered that the serving military officer stationed at Kumasi was in possession of an M16 he was offering at GHC80,000 having earlier promised he was capable of supplying G…