Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says a mutiny by about 30 rebel soldiers is over.
Soldiers led by former Colonel Yaura Sasa placed their commander under house arrest on Thursday morning, in a move backed by former prime minister Michael Somare.
Mr O'Neill says Brigadier General Francis Agwi has now been freed.
"The government has now taken control of the barracks and the soldiers have now withdrawn to Taurama Barracks, those who were at Murray Barracks," he said.
"The commander is now released, he's not under house arrest. And as a result the government has taken full control the defence headquarters.
"We will now start an investigation into the issues that the soldiers have and we'll resolve them as we move forward."
The prime minister says Colonel Sasa is being "dealt with" but declined to clarify what this meant.
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