Maj. Kojo Owusu Dartey, 42, was sentenced on Tuesday to 70 months imprisonment by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II after his April 2024 conviction on charges related to smuggling weapons to Ghana and lying as a court witness, the Justice Department said. (Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stri)

An Army Major from North Carolina will spend more than five years in prison for smuggling firearms to Ghana. RALEIGH, N.C. — An Army Major from Fort Liberty in North Carolina will spend more than five years in prison for smuggling firearms to Ghana, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

RALEIGH — A U.S. Army major formerly stationed at Fort Liberty was sentenced to federal prison this week for smuggling firearms to Ghana.

A United States Army major at Fort Liberty was sentenced for his role in smuggling firearms to Ghana, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

A Fort Liberty soldier was sentenced to just under six years in prison with three years of supervised release. Court documents show Kojo Owuso Dartey, 42, gave false statements to the government and made false declarations before the court.

A Ghanaian soldier serving in the United States Army, Major Kojo Owusu Dartey, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for smuggling firearms from the United States to Ghana .

A U.S. Army Major, Kojo Owusu Dartey, has been sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his involvement in a firearms smuggling operation to Ghana.