A Nigerian national based in Brazil, Ernest Nnajuiba Ukechukwu, was on Thursday 13 July 2023 sentenced to ten years imprisonment by an Accra High court for possession and attempted smuggling of cocaine weighing 16568.83 grams of cocaine into the country … Read more →
Some of the substances suspected to be high-value cocaine intercepted at the Kpoglu Border Post in the Ketu South Municipality in the Volta Region last Friday have gone missing. The weight of what is missing is said to be 100.10 … Read more →
Fifty-one year old Oppong Kwaku Owusu, is facing prosecution after he allegedly expelled 100 pellets of some powdery substance suspected to be cocaine. This follows his apprehension by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB)on Tuesday, February 18, at the … Read more →
In a twist of events, the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has stated that the whitish powdery substance found on two Nigerians at the Kpeglo Border Post last Friday is not cocaine but ephedrine. Ephedrine is an odourless, white, powdered substance … Read more →
A middle-aged man popularly known as “Thunder” has been beaten to death by a well-known drug trafficker, Odoyewu, at Manso-Tontokrom in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti region. The deceased was alleged to have stolen some “cocaine” belonging to … Read more →
The Eastern regional Police Command has impounded 112 wraps of whitish substances suspected to be cocaine and 17 pieces of compressed parcels of Marijuana. The two narcotic drugs were seized in separate operations by the Police. The wrappers of Cocaine … Read more →
Operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), have arrested three persons at the Kotoka International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin. A statement from NACOB said the 3; Magugu Suraku, a Ghanaian; Maxwell Momo Golafale, a Liberian, and … Read more →
An Accra Human Rights Court has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to reinstate DSP Gifty Mawuenyega Tehoda, a former senior officer of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), who was dismissed five years ago. The court, presided over by Justice Gifty … Read more →
A 23-year-old self-employed woman dealing in used ladies shoes from Berekum in the Berekum Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region, Sakina Mustapha, is in the grips of the Police for attempting to smuggle a substance suspected to be cocaine to … Read more →
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin has denied reports that the Central Regional Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Allotey Jacobs has been arrested in the UK. Reports of Allotey Jacobs busted at the Heathrow Airport … Read more →