Jury Finds US Army Major Guilty of Attempting to Smuggle Guns to Ghana

Jury Finds US Army Major Guilty of Attempting to Smuggle Guns to Ghana
A suspicious barrel seized by the Ghana Revenue Authority. Ghana Revenue Service photo, released by the U.S. Department of Justice
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A federal jury has found a U.S. Army major guilty of smuggling weapons to the West African country of Ghana.

The jury, seated to hear the case in North Carolina’s Eastern District Court, concluded Maj. Kojo Owusu Dartey, 42, is guilty of dealing firearms without a license, delivering firearms without notice to the carrier, smuggling goods from the United States, illegally exporting firearms without a license, making false statements to an agency of the United States, making false declarations before a court, and conspiracy.