A major drug trafficking try was intercepted at Kotoka Worldwide Airport (KIA) as officers from the Narcotics Management Fee (NACOC) apprehended a British nationwide making an attempt to smuggle a big amount of cannabis into Ghana on Sunday, Might 19, 2025.
The person, whose identification stays undisclosed right now, arrived in Accra aboard Emirates flight EK 787 from Thailand, transiting by way of Dubai.
Throughout a routine inspection, NACOC officers found two suitcases containing 92 parcels of a substance suspected to be hashish, as per 3News.
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Preliminary discipline exams confirmed the substance as hashish, with a complete weight of 53.60 kilograms.
Subsequent investigations on the airport led to the arrest of two extra suspects believed to be accomplices of the international nationwide.
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The people, a customs officer and a porter assigned to the Commercially Essential Particular person (CIP) part of the airport, allegedly facilitated the tried smuggling operation by easing the passage of the illicit cargo by way of safety.
All three suspects are at the moment in custody and aiding NACOC with ongoing investigations, which authorities imagine could uncover hyperlinks to a bigger worldwide drug trafficking syndicate.
Associated drug seizure
In a separate operation, the Narcotics Management Fee (NACOC) of Ghana intercepted and seized 73 slabs of suspected cocaine en path to the Netherlands in Europe.
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The illicit substance, weighing roughly 89.74 kilogrammes, was found on Wednesday, 23 April, hid in cargo on the Swiss Port in Tema.
4 suspects have been arrested in reference to the bust, though their identities haven’t but been disclosed.
They’re at the moment in custody as investigations proceed to uncover the complete particulars of the operation.
